How To Install lua-uri on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-uri on Ubuntu 18.04. lua-uri is pure Lua library to normalize and validate URIs/URLs

Introduction

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

What is lua-uri

lua-uri is:

Provides methods for manipulating URIs in various ways. In particular, you can resolve relative URI references to create absolute URIs, and extract parts of URIs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-uri

Install lua-uri Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-uri

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-uri

How To Uninstall lua-uri on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-uri

Uninstall lua-uri And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-uri

Remove lua-uri Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-uri

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

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

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

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Summary

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