How To Install lua5.1-policy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua5.1-policy on Debian 9. lua5.1-policy is Lua 5.1 Debian policy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua5.1-policy on Debian 9.

What is lua5.1-policy

lua5.1-policy is:

This package contains the Debian policy for the Debian packages relative to the lua5.1 scripting language.

There are three methods to install lua5.1-policy 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 lua5.1-policy Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lua5.1-policy using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lua5.1-policy

Install lua5.1-policy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lua5.1-policy using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lua5.1-policy

Install lua5.1-policy 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 lua5.1-policy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lua5.1-policy

How To Uninstall lua5.1-policy on Debian 9

To uninstall only the lua5.1-policy package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lua5.1-policy

Uninstall lua5.1-policy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lua5.1-policy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua5.1-policy

Remove lua5.1-policy Configurations and Data

To remove lua5.1-policy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lua5.1-policy

Remove lua5.1-policy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lua5.1-policy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua5.1-policy

Dependencies

lua5.1-policy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lua5.1-policy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.