How To Install lua-ansicolors on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-ansicolors on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-ansicolors
lua-ansicolors is:
provides the ‘ansicolors’ function which allows the Lua programmer to output colored (both foreground and background) and stylized text.
One can use standard terminal colors: black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta, cyan, white.
The following styles are also available: bright, dim, underline, blink, reverse, hidden, reset.
There are three methods to install lua-ansicolors 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 lua-ansicolors Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-ansicolors using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-ansicolors
Install lua-ansicolors Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-ansicolors using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-ansicolors
Install lua-ansicolors 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 lua-ansicolors using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-ansicolors
How To Uninstall lua-ansicolors on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-ansicolors package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-ansicolors
Uninstall lua-ansicolors And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-ansicolors and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-ansicolors
Remove lua-ansicolors Configurations and Data
To remove lua-ansicolors configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-ansicolors
Remove lua-ansicolors configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-ansicolors configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-ansicolors
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-ansicolors package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
