How To Install liblcm-lua on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcm-lua on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblcm-lua
liblcm-lua is:
LCM is a set of libraries and tools for message passing and data marshalling, targeted at real-time systems where high-bandwidth and low latency are critical. It provides a publish/subscribe message passing model and automatic marshalling/unmarshalling code generation with bindings for applications in a variety of programming languages.
This package provides the lua interface.
There are three methods to install liblcm-lua on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblcm-lua Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblcm-lua using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblcm-lua
Install liblcm-lua Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblcm-lua using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblcm-lua
Install liblcm-lua Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install liblcm-lua using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblcm-lua
How To Uninstall liblcm-lua on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblcm-lua package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblcm-lua
Uninstall liblcm-lua And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblcm-lua and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblcm-lua
Remove liblcm-lua Configurations and Data
To remove liblcm-lua configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblcm-lua
Remove liblcm-lua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblcm-lua configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblcm-lua
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblcm-lua package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
