How To Install lua-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-ldap
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lua-ldap
lua-ldap is:
This package contains the Lua LDAP library to:
- Connect to an LDAP server (OpenLDAP or ADSI/WinLDAP);
- Execute any operation (search, add, compare, delete, modify and rename);
- Retrieve entries and references of the search result.
This package contains the runtime library. Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2 5.3
There are three methods to install lua-ldap
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-ldap 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-ldap
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-ldap
Install lua-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-ldap
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-ldap
Install lua-ldap 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-ldap
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-ldap
How To Uninstall lua-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lua-ldap
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-ldap
Uninstall lua-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-ldap
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-ldap
Remove lua-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove lua-ldap
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-ldap
Remove lua-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-ldap
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-ldap
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-ldap
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.