How To Install lua-lace on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lace on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-lace
lua-lace is:
Lace is an access control engine written in Lua which implements a squid-like ACL system for Lua programs to use in controlling access to resources.
Lace provides a parser of rulesets and an engine to execute the parsed rulesets. It relies on the calling application to provide access control types and then Lace runs the boolean logic and returns an allow/deny result along with the location of the decision and any description provided by it.
There are three methods to install lua-lace 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-lace 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-lace using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-lace
Install lua-lace Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-lace using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-lace
Install lua-lace 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-lace using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-lace
How To Uninstall lua-lace on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-lace package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-lace
Uninstall lua-lace And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-lace and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-lace
Remove lua-lace Configurations and Data
To remove lua-lace configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-lace
Remove lua-lace configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-lace configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-lace
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lace package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
