How To Install lua-tongue on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-tongue on Ubuntu 18.04. lua-tongue is Lua I18N library Tongue

Introduction

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

What is lua-tongue

lua-tongue is:

Tongue is an internationalisation engine written in Lua which implements a hierarchical language pack system for Lua programs to use in localising messages into and out of themselves.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-tongue

Install lua-tongue Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-tongue

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-tongue

How To Uninstall lua-tongue on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-tongue

Uninstall lua-tongue And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-tongue

Remove lua-tongue Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-tongue

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

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

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

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Summary

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