How To Install lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8. lua-lpeg is Parsing Expression Grammars for Lua

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `lua-lpeg`

LPeg is a new pattern-matching library for Lua, based on Parsing Expression Grammars (PEGs).

We can use yum or dnf to install lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua-lpeg.

Install lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lua-lpeg using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua-lpeg

Install lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install lua-lpeg

How To Uninstall lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove lua-lpeg

lua-lpeg Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa
/usr/lib/.build-id/fa/bb7da6c7a9ccc8af4e84e6cea35bc09daf6740
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lpeg.so
/usr/lib64/lua/5.3/lpeg.so.1.0.1
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/HISTORY
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/lpeg-128.gif
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/lpeg.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/re.html
/usr/share/doc/lua-lpeg/test.lua
/usr/share/lua/5.3/re.lua

References

lua-lpeg website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpeg on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.