How To Install lua-messagepack on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-messagepack on Debian 10.
What is lua-messagepack
lua-messagepack is:
Lua module that provides an API to convert Lua data structures to MessagePack, and vice versa.
MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format.
It lets you exchange data among multiple languages like JSON but it’s faster, and smaller.
There are three methods to install lua-messagepack on Debian 10. 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-messagepack 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-messagepack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-messagepack
Install lua-messagepack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-messagepack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-messagepack
Install lua-messagepack 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-messagepack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-messagepack
How To Uninstall lua-messagepack on Debian 10
To uninstall only the lua-messagepack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-messagepack
Uninstall lua-messagepack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-messagepack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-messagepack
Remove lua-messagepack Configurations and Data
To remove lua-messagepack configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-messagepack
Remove lua-messagepack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-messagepack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-messagepack
Dependencies
lua-messagepack have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-messagepack package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.