How To Install liblua50-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblua50-dev on Debian 9.
What is liblua50-dev
liblua50-dev is:
Using this package you can develop applications which have Lua interpreters built into them.
There are three methods to install liblua50-dev 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 liblua50-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 liblua50-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblua50-dev
Install liblua50-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblua50-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblua50-dev
Install liblua50-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install liblua50-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblua50-dev
How To Uninstall liblua50-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the liblua50-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblua50-dev
Uninstall liblua50-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblua50-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblua50-dev
Remove liblua50-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblua50-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblua50-dev
Remove liblua50-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblua50-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblua50-dev
Dependencies
liblua50-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblua50-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.