How To Install lua-rings on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rings on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-rings
lua-rings is:
Rings is a library which provides a way to create new Lua states from within Lua. It also offers a simple way to communicate between the creator (master) and the created (slave) states.
This mechanism can be used to run chunks of code in an isolated Lua state, obtaining what is usually called a sandbox.
There are three methods to install lua-rings 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-rings 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-rings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-rings
Install lua-rings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-rings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-rings
Install lua-rings 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-rings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-rings
How To Uninstall lua-rings on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-rings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-rings
Uninstall lua-rings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-rings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-rings
Remove lua-rings Configurations and Data
To remove lua-rings configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-rings
Remove lua-rings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-rings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-rings
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-rings package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
