How To Install lua-svn on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-svn on Ubuntu 18.04. lua-svn is Subversion library for the Lua language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-svn on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is lua-svn

lua-svn is:

This package contains a Lua module to interact with a Subversion repository

There are three methods to install lua-svn 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-svn 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-svn using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua-svn

Install lua-svn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lua-svn using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lua-svn

Install lua-svn 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-svn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua-svn

How To Uninstall lua-svn on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the lua-svn package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua-svn

Uninstall lua-svn And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-svn and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-svn

Remove lua-svn Configurations and Data

To remove lua-svn configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-svn

Remove lua-svn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lua-svn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-svn

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-svn package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.