How To Install lua-mode on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is lua-mode

lua-mode is:

This emacs mode provides syntax highlighting and automatic indentation for Lua, as well as sending lines/regions/files to a lua interpreter. You will need this if you write Lua programs using Emacs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-mode

Install lua-mode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-mode

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-mode

How To Uninstall lua-mode on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-mode

Uninstall lua-mode And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-mode

Remove lua-mode Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-mode

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-mode have the following dependencies:

• emacs24

References

• lua-mode website

Summary

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