How To Install lua-rex-posix on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-posix on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-rex-posix
lua-rex-posix is:
This package provides bindings for POSIX regular expressions to the Lua language.
There are three methods to install lua-rex-posix 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-posix 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-posix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-rex-posix
Install lua-rex-posix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-rex-posix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-rex-posix
Install lua-rex-posix 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-posix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-rex-posix
How To Uninstall lua-rex-posix on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-rex-posix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-rex-posix
Uninstall lua-rex-posix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-rex-posix 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-posix
Remove lua-rex-posix Configurations and Data
To remove lua-rex-posix configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rex-posix
Remove lua-rex-posix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-rex-posix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rex-posix
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rex-posix package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
