How To Install lua-lpty on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpty on Debian 9. lua-lpty is PTY library for the Lua language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpty on Debian 9.

What is lua-lpty

lua-lpty is:

This package gives the Language access to the pseudo terminal interface.

There are three methods to install lua-lpty on Debian 9. 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-lpty 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-lpty using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-lpty

Install lua-lpty Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-lpty

Install lua-lpty 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-lpty

How To Uninstall lua-lpty on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-lpty

Uninstall lua-lpty And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-lpty and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-lpty

Remove lua-lpty Configurations and Data

To remove lua-lpty configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-lpty

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-lpty have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-lpty package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.