How To Install lua-filesystem on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-filesystem on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-filesystem
lua-filesystem is:
This package contains the luafilesystem library, a set of portable functions for directory creation, listing and deletion and for file locking.
There are three methods to install lua-filesystem 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-filesystem 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-filesystem using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-filesystem
Install lua-filesystem Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-filesystem using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-filesystem
Install lua-filesystem 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-filesystem using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-filesystem
How To Uninstall lua-filesystem on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-filesystem package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-filesystem
Uninstall lua-filesystem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-filesystem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-filesystem
Remove lua-filesystem Configurations and Data
To remove lua-filesystem configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-filesystem
Remove lua-filesystem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-filesystem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-filesystem
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-filesystem package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
