How To Install lua-curl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-curl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lua-curl
lua-curl is:
This package contains the bindings for the cURL library. Currently many different implementations of cURL bindings are available, this package includes the one developed for the FreePOPs project (see http://www.freepops.org). Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2
There are three methods to install lua-curl
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-curl 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-curl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-curl
Install lua-curl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-curl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-curl
Install lua-curl 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-curl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-curl
How To Uninstall lua-curl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lua-curl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-curl
Uninstall lua-curl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-curl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-curl
Remove lua-curl Configurations and Data
To remove lua-curl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-curl
Remove lua-curl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-curl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-curl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-curl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.