How To Install liblua5.1-0 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblua5.1-0 on Debian 9.
What is liblua5.1-0
liblua5.1-0 is:
Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. The language engine is accessible as a library, having a C API which allows the application to exchange data with Lua programs and also to extend Lua with C functions. Lua is also used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language through the simple command line interpreter provided.
This package contains runtime libraries. You shouldn’t need to install it explicitly.
There are three methods to install liblua5.1-0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblua5.1-0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblua5.1-0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblua5.1-0
Install liblua5.1-0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblua5.1-0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblua5.1-0
Install liblua5.1-0 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install liblua5.1-0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblua5.1-0
How To Uninstall liblua5.1-0 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the liblua5.1-0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblua5.1-0
Uninstall liblua5.1-0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblua5.1-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblua5.1-0
Remove liblua5.1-0 Configurations and Data
To remove liblua5.1-0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblua5.1-0
Remove liblua5.1-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblua5.1-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblua5.1-0
Dependencies
liblua5.1-0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblua5.1-0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.