How To Install lua-elektra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-elektra on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-elektra
lua-elektra is:
Elektra provides a universal and secure framework to store configuration parameters in a hierarchical key-value pair mechanism, instead of each program using its own text configuration files. This allows any program to read and save its configuration with a consistent API, and allows them to be aware of other applications’ configurations, permitting easy application integration. While architecturally similar to other OS registries, Elektra does not have most of the problems found in those implementations.
This package contains the Lua bindings.
There are three methods to install lua-elektra 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-elektra 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-elektra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-elektra
Install lua-elektra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-elektra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-elektra
Install lua-elektra 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-elektra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-elektra
How To Uninstall lua-elektra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-elektra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-elektra
Uninstall lua-elektra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-elektra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-elektra
Remove lua-elektra Configurations and Data
To remove lua-elektra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-elektra
Remove lua-elektra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-elektra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-elektra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-elektra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
