How To Install lua-argparse on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-argparse on CentOS 7.

What is lua-argparse

Argparse is a feature-rich command line parser for Lua inspired by argparse for Python. Argparse supports positional arguments, options, flags, optional arguments, subcommands and more. Argparse automatically generates usage, help and error messages.

We can use yum or dnf to install lua-argparse on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-argparse.

Install lua-argparse on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install lua-argparse using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lua-argparse

Install lua-argparse on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install lua-argparse using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-argparse

How To Uninstall lua-argparse on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the lua-argparse package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lua-argparse

References

• lua-argparse website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-argparse on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.