How To Install lua5 on AlmaLinux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua5 on AlmaLinux 8.

What is lua5

We can use yum or dnf to install lua5 on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install lua5.

Install lua5 on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lua5 using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install lua5

Install lua5 on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install lua5 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install lua5

How To Uninstall lua5 on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the lua5 package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove lua5

References

• lua5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua5 on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.