How To Install lua-logging on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-logging on Ubuntu 18.04. lua-logging is Logging library for the Lua language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-logging on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lua-logging

lua-logging is:

This package contains the Lua logging facility library, with backends for console, file, SQL, mail, socket. SQL and mail/socket support are available only installing respectively lua-sql-* and lua-socket packages.

This package contains the Lua logging facility library documentation files.

There are three methods to install lua-logging 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-logging 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-logging using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-logging

Install lua-logging Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-logging using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lua-logging

Install lua-logging 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-logging using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-logging

How To Uninstall lua-logging on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lua-logging package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua-logging

Uninstall lua-logging And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-logging and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-logging

Remove lua-logging Configurations and Data

To remove lua-logging configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-logging

Remove lua-logging configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lua-logging configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-logging

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-logging package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.