How To Install lua-lxc on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lxc in Fedora 36. lua-lxc is Lua binding for LXC

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lxc on Fedora 36.

What is `lua-lxc`

Linux Resource Containers provide process and resource isolation without the overhead of full virtualization. The lua-lxc package contains the Lua binding for LXC.

We can use yum or dnf to install lua-lxc on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-lxc.

Install lua-lxc on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lua-lxc using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-lxc

Install lua-lxc on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lua-lxc using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lua-lxc

How To Uninstall lua-lxc on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the lua-lxc package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lua-lxc

lua-lxc Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5
/usr/lib/.build-id/b5/85c328b1b297671f13b6847ddb309f0db332ce
/usr/lib64/lua/5.4/lxc
/usr/lib64/lua/5.4/lxc/core.so
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/MAINTAINERS
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/lua-lxc/README
/usr/share/licenses/lua-lxc
/usr/share/licenses/lua-lxc/COPYING
/usr/share/lua/5.4/lxc.lua

References

lua-lxc website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lxc on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).