How To Install lua-argparse on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-argparse on Debian 10.
What is lua-argparse
lua-argparse is:
Argparse supports positional arguments, options, flags, optional arguments, subcommands and more. Argparse automatically generates usage, help and error messages.
There are three methods to install lua-argparse 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 lua-argparse 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-argparse using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-argparse
Install lua-argparse Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-argparse using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-argparse
Install lua-argparse 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 lua-argparse using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-argparse
How To Uninstall lua-argparse on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lua-argparse package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-argparse
Uninstall lua-argparse And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-argparse and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-argparse
Remove lua-argparse Configurations and Data
To remove lua-argparse configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-argparse
Remove lua-argparse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-argparse configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-argparse
Dependencies
lua-argparse have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-argparse package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.