How To Install liblualib50 on Debian 10

Learn how to install liblualib50 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. liblualib50 is Extension library for the Lua 5.0 programming language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblualib50 on Debian 10.

What is liblualib50

liblualib50 is:

This package provides string, maths and IO functions to liblua50.

This package will most commonly be installed by programs depending on it or by authors using the liblualib50-dev package

There are three methods to install liblualib50 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblualib50 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblualib50 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblualib50

Install liblualib50 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblualib50 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblualib50

Install liblualib50 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 liblualib50 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblualib50

How To Uninstall liblualib50 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the liblualib50 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblualib50

Uninstall liblualib50 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblualib50 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblualib50

Remove liblualib50 Configurations and Data

To remove liblualib50 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblualib50

Remove liblualib50 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblualib50 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblualib50

Dependencies

liblualib50 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblualib50 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.