How To Install lua-cyrussasl on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-cyrussasl on Ubuntu 18.04. lua-cyrussasl is Cyrus SASL library for the Lua language

Introduction

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

What is lua-cyrussasl

lua-cyrussasl is:

This package contains the Lua bindings for the Cyrus SASL APIs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-cyrussasl

Install lua-cyrussasl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-cyrussasl

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-cyrussasl

How To Uninstall lua-cyrussasl on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-cyrussasl

Uninstall lua-cyrussasl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-cyrussasl

Remove lua-cyrussasl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-cyrussasl

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

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

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

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Summary

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