How To Install lua-rex-onig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-onig on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-rex-onig
lua-rex-onig is:
This package provides bindings for Oniguruma regular expressions to the Lua language.
There are three methods to install lua-rex-onig 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-rex-onig 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-rex-onig using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-rex-onig
Install lua-rex-onig Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-rex-onig using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-rex-onig
Install lua-rex-onig 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-rex-onig using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-onig
How To Uninstall lua-rex-onig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-rex-onig package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-onig
Uninstall lua-rex-onig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-rex-onig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rex-onig
Remove lua-rex-onig Configurations and Data
To remove lua-rex-onig configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rex-onig
Remove lua-rex-onig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-rex-onig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rex-onig
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-onig package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
