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:
References
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
.