How To Install lua-sql-mysql on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sql-mysql on Debian 12.
What is lua-sql-mysql
lua-sql-mysql is:
This package contains the luasql library (MySQL backend).
There are three methods to install lua-sql-mysql on Debian 12. 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-sql-mysql 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-sql-mysql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-sql-mysql
Install lua-sql-mysql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-sql-mysql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-sql-mysql
Install lua-sql-mysql 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-sql-mysql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-sql-mysql
How To Uninstall lua-sql-mysql on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lua-sql-mysql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-sql-mysql
Uninstall lua-sql-mysql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-sql-mysql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-sql-mysql
Remove lua-sql-mysql Configurations and Data
To remove lua-sql-mysql configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-sql-mysql
Remove lua-sql-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-sql-mysql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-sql-mysql
Dependencies
lua-sql-mysql have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sql-mysql package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.