How To Install libluajit2-5.1-2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libluajit2-5.1-2 on Debian 12.
What is libluajit2-5.1-2
libluajit2-5.1-2 is:
LuaJIT implements the full set of language features defined by Lua 5.1. The virtual machine (VM) is API- and ABI-compatible to the standard Lua interpreter and can be deployed as a drop-in replacement.
This package contains an embeddable version of LuaJIT that can be used as a replacement of the standard liblua-5.1 shared library.
There are three methods to install libluajit2-5.1-2 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libluajit2-5.1-2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libluajit2-5.1-2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libluajit2-5.1-2
Install libluajit2-5.1-2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libluajit2-5.1-2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libluajit2-5.1-2
Install libluajit2-5.1-2 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 libluajit2-5.1-2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libluajit2-5.1-2
How To Uninstall libluajit2-5.1-2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libluajit2-5.1-2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libluajit2-5.1-2
Uninstall libluajit2-5.1-2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libluajit2-5.1-2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libluajit2-5.1-2
Remove libluajit2-5.1-2 Configurations and Data
To remove libluajit2-5.1-2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libluajit2-5.1-2
Remove libluajit2-5.1-2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libluajit2-5.1-2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libluajit2-5.1-2
Dependencies
libluajit2-5.1-2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libluajit2-5.1-2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
