How To Install lua-lpeg on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpeg on CentOS 8.
What is lua-lpeg
LPeg is a new pattern-matching library for Lua, based on Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs).
We can use yum or dnf to install lua-lpeg on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-lpeg.
Install lua-lpeg on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lua-lpeg using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lua-lpeg
Install lua-lpeg on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install lua-lpeg using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lua-lpeg
How To Uninstall lua-lpeg on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the lua-lpeg package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lua-lpeg
lua-lpeg Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/ebccb4988fcaf19ef02357c8f180d6ee64174e
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lpeg.so
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lpeg.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/lpeg-128.gif
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/lpeg.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/re.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/test.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/re.lua
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpeg on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.