How To Install lua-redis on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-redis
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lua-redis
lua-redis is:
This package contains the Redis Lua library, that allows one to interact with a Redis database from the Lua language. This client supports Redis 1.2, command pipelining and transactions. Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2 5.3
There are three methods to install lua-redis
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-redis 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-redis
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-redis
Install lua-redis Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-redis
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-redis
Install lua-redis 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-redis
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-redis
How To Uninstall lua-redis on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lua-redis
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-redis
Uninstall lua-redis And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-redis
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-redis
Remove lua-redis Configurations and Data
To remove lua-redis
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-redis
Remove lua-redis configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-redis
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-redis
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-redis
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.