How To Install lua-bitop on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bitop on Ubuntu 18.04. lua-bitop is fast bit manipulation library for the Lua language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bitop on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lua-bitop

lua-bitop is:

This package contains the Lua bitop fast bit manipulation library.

There are three methods to install lua-bitop 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-bitop 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-bitop using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-bitop

Install lua-bitop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-bitop

Install lua-bitop 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-bitop using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-bitop

How To Uninstall lua-bitop on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-bitop

Uninstall lua-bitop And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-bitop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-bitop

Remove lua-bitop Configurations and Data

To remove lua-bitop configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-bitop

Remove lua-bitop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-bitop

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bitop package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.