How To Install lua-http on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-http on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-http
lua-http is:
lua-http is an HTTP library for Lua, it supports: both client and server operations, both HTTP 1 and HTTP 2.
There are three methods to install lua-http 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-http 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-http using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-http
Install lua-http Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-http using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-http
Install lua-http 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-http using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-http
How To Uninstall lua-http on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-http package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-http
Uninstall lua-http And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-http and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-http
Remove lua-http Configurations and Data
To remove lua-http configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-http
Remove lua-http configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-http configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-http
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-http package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
