How To Install lua-coxpcall on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-coxpcall on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-coxpcall
lua-coxpcall is:
This package contains coxpcall, a Lua library that extends the protected call mechanism typical of Lua (xpcall and pcall) allowing it to cross coroutines boundaries.
This package also contains the documentation.
There are three methods to install lua-coxpcall 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-coxpcall 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-coxpcall using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-coxpcall
Install lua-coxpcall Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-coxpcall using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-coxpcall
Install lua-coxpcall 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-coxpcall using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-coxpcall
How To Uninstall lua-coxpcall on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-coxpcall package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-coxpcall
Uninstall lua-coxpcall And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-coxpcall and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-coxpcall
Remove lua-coxpcall Configurations and Data
To remove lua-coxpcall configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-coxpcall
Remove lua-coxpcall configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-coxpcall configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-coxpcall
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-coxpcall package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
