How To Install lua-luaossl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-luaossl on Debian 9.
What is lua-luaossl
lua-luaossl is:
luaossl is a comprehensive binding to OpenSSL for Lua 5.1, 5.2, and later.
It includes support for certificate and key management, key generation, signature verification, and deep bindings to the distinguished name, alternative name, and X.509v3 extension interfaces.
It also binds OpenSSL’s bignum, message digest, HMAC, cipher, and CSPRNG interfaces.
There are three methods to install lua-luaossl 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-luaossl 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-luaossl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-luaossl
Install lua-luaossl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-luaossl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-luaossl
Install lua-luaossl 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-luaossl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-luaossl
How To Uninstall lua-luaossl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lua-luaossl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-luaossl
Uninstall lua-luaossl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-luaossl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-luaossl
Remove lua-luaossl Configurations and Data
To remove lua-luaossl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-luaossl
Remove lua-luaossl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-luaossl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-luaossl
Dependencies
lua-luaossl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-luaossl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.