How To Install lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9.
What is lua-sql-postgres
lua-sql-postgres is:
This package contains the luasql library (PostgreSQL backend).
There are three methods to install lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9. 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-postgres 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-postgres using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-sql-postgres
Install lua-sql-postgres Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-sql-postgres using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-sql-postgres
Install lua-sql-postgres 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-postgres using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-sql-postgres
How To Uninstall lua-sql-postgres on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lua-sql-postgres package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-sql-postgres
Uninstall lua-sql-postgres And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-sql-postgres and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-sql-postgres
Remove lua-sql-postgres Configurations and Data
To remove lua-sql-postgres configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-sql-postgres
Remove lua-sql-postgres configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-sql-postgres configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-sql-postgres
Dependencies
lua-sql-postgres have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-sql-postgres package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.