How To Install lua-sec on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sec on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-sec
lua-sec is:
This package contains the luasec library, that adds on top of the luasocket library SSL support.
There are three methods to install lua-sec 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-sec 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-sec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-sec
Install lua-sec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-sec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-sec
Install lua-sec 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-sec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-sec
How To Uninstall lua-sec on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-sec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-sec
Uninstall lua-sec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-sec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-sec
Remove lua-sec Configurations and Data
To remove lua-sec configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-sec
Remove lua-sec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-sec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-sec
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sec package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
