How To Install lua-systemd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-systemd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua-systemd
lua-systemd is:
This package provides a library for working with systemd from scripts and daemons written in Lua.
Where necessary, the low level libsystemd functions have been bound in C. Higher level functions with more idiomatic lua semantics are written in Lua on top of these C primitives.
There are three methods to install lua-systemd 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-systemd 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-systemd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-systemd
Install lua-systemd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-systemd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-systemd
Install lua-systemd 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-systemd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-systemd
How To Uninstall lua-systemd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua-systemd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-systemd
Uninstall lua-systemd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-systemd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-systemd
Remove lua-systemd Configurations and Data
To remove lua-systemd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-systemd
Remove lua-systemd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-systemd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-systemd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-systemd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
