How To Install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8.
What is lua-filesystem
LuaFileSystem is a Lua library developed to complement the set of functions related to file systems offered by the standard Lua distribution. LuaFileSystem offers a portable way to access the underlying directory structure and file attributes.
We can use yum or dnf to install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-filesystem.
Install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lua-filesystem using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install lua-filesystem
Install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install lua-filesystem using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install lua-filesystem
How To Uninstall lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the lua-filesystem package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove lua-filesystem
lua-filesystem Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff
/usr/lib/.build-id/ff/0083e57bebd9c1dd8673264a8323ebd2f46dd4
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lfs.so
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/README
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/doc.css
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/examples.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/index.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/license.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/luafilesystem.png
/usr/share/doc/lua-filesystem/manual.html
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-filesystem on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.