How To Install lua-curses on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-curses on Debian 12.
What is lua-curses
lua-curses is:
This package contains bindings for the ncurses library for the Lua language. It allows one to build simple interfaces on a text terminal.
This package used to be part of the lua-posix source package.
There are three methods to install lua-curses on Debian 12. 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-curses 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-curses using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-curses
Install lua-curses Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-curses using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-curses
Install lua-curses 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-curses using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-curses
How To Uninstall lua-curses on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lua-curses package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-curses
Uninstall lua-curses And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-curses and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-curses
Remove lua-curses Configurations and Data
To remove lua-curses configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-curses
Remove lua-curses configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-curses configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-curses
Dependencies
lua-curses have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-curses package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
