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