How To Install lua-mpack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-mpack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-mpack
lua-mpack is:
libmpack is a small binary serialization/RPC library that implements both the msgpack and msgpack-rpc specifications.
This package provides the Lua bindings based on libmpack.
There are three methods to install lua-mpack on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-mpack 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-mpack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-mpack
Install lua-mpack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-mpack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-mpack
Install lua-mpack 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-mpack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-mpack
How To Uninstall lua-mpack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-mpack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-mpack
Uninstall lua-mpack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-mpack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-mpack
Remove lua-mpack Configurations and Data
To remove lua-mpack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-mpack
Remove lua-mpack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-mpack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-mpack
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-mpack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
