How To Install libluabind-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libluabind-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libluabind-examples
libluabind-examples is:
Luabind is a library that helps you create bindings between C++ and Lua. It has the ability to expose functions and classes, written in C++, to Lua. It will also supply the functionality to define classes in lua and let them derive from other lua classes or C++ classes. Lua classes can override virtual functions from their C++ baseclasses. It is written towards Lua 5.0, and does not work with other Lua versions.
This package contains some luabind examples, including the basic “helloworld” and some more advanced examples.
There are three methods to install libluabind-examples 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 libluabind-examples Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libluabind-examples using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libluabind-examples
Install libluabind-examples Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libluabind-examples using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libluabind-examples
Install libluabind-examples 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 libluabind-examples using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libluabind-examples
How To Uninstall libluabind-examples on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libluabind-examples package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libluabind-examples
Uninstall libluabind-examples And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libluabind-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libluabind-examples
Remove libluabind-examples Configurations and Data
To remove libluabind-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libluabind-examples
Remove libluabind-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libluabind-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libluabind-examples
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libluabind-examples package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
