How To Install lua-rex-pcre on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-pcre on Debian 9.
What is lua-rex-pcre
lua-rex-pcre is:
This package provides bindings for Perl regular expressions to the Lua language.
There are three methods to install lua-rex-pcre 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-rex-pcre 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-pcre using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-rex-pcre
Install lua-rex-pcre Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-rex-pcre using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-rex-pcre
Install lua-rex-pcre 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-rex-pcre using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-pcre
How To Uninstall lua-rex-pcre on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lua-rex-pcre package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-pcre
Uninstall lua-rex-pcre And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-rex-pcre and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rex-pcre
Remove lua-rex-pcre Configurations and Data
To remove lua-rex-pcre configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rex-pcre
Remove lua-rex-pcre configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-rex-pcre configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rex-pcre
Dependencies
lua-rex-pcre have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-pcre package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.