How To Install lua-yaml on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-yaml on Debian 9.

What is lua-yaml

lua-yaml is:

fast C implementation for converting between %YAML 1.1 and Lua tables, and a low-level YAML event parser for implementing more intricate YAML document loading.

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

sudo apt-get -y install lua-yaml

Install lua-yaml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lua-yaml

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

sudo aptitude -y install lua-yaml

How To Uninstall lua-yaml on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove lua-yaml

Uninstall lua-yaml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua-yaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-yaml

Remove lua-yaml Configurations and Data

To remove lua-yaml configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua-yaml

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

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

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

Dependencies

lua-yaml have the following dependencies:

• libyaml-dev
• libc6
• libyaml-0-2

References

• lua-yaml website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-yaml package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.