How To Install libtolua-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtolua-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtolua-dev
libtolua-dev is:
tolua is a tool that greatly simplifies the integration of C/C++ code with Lua. Based on a cleaned header file, tolua automatically generates the binding code to access C/C++ features from Lua. Using Lua API and tag method facilities, tolua maps C/C++ constants, external variables, functions, classes, and methods to Lua.
There are three methods to install libtolua-dev 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 libtolua-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 libtolua-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtolua-dev
Install libtolua-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtolua-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtolua-dev
Install libtolua-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 libtolua-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtolua-dev
How To Uninstall libtolua-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtolua-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtolua-dev
Uninstall libtolua-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtolua-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtolua-dev
Remove libtolua-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtolua-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtolua-dev
Remove libtolua-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtolua-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtolua-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtolua-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
