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