How To Install liblua5.1-0-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblua5.1-0-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblua5.1-0-dev
liblua5.1-0-dev 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 developer resources for using the Lua library. Install it if you are developing programs which use the Lua C API, both in C or C++.
There are three methods to install liblua5.1-0-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install liblua5.1-0-dev 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-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblua5.1-0-dev
Install liblua5.1-0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblua5.1-0-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblua5.1-0-dev
Install liblua5.1-0-dev 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 liblua5.1-0-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblua5.1-0-dev
How To Uninstall liblua5.1-0-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblua5.1-0-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblua5.1-0-dev
Uninstall liblua5.1-0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblua5.1-0-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblua5.1-0-dev
Remove liblua5.1-0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblua5.1-0-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblua5.1-0-dev
Remove liblua5.1-0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblua5.1-0-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblua5.1-0-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblua5.1-0-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.