How To Install lua5.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua5.1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lua5.1
lua5.1 is:
Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. The language engine is accessible as a library, having a C API which allows the application to exchange data with Lua programs and also to extend Lua with C functions. Lua is also used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language through the simple command line interpreter provided.
This package contains the Lua command line interpreter and bytecode compiler. Install it if you are developing or using Lua scripts.
There are three methods to install lua5.1
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lua5.1 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
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua5.1
Install lua5.1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua5.1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua5.1
Install lua5.1 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 lua5.1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua5.1
How To Uninstall lua5.1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lua5.1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua5.1
Uninstall lua5.1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua5.1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua5.1
Remove lua5.1 Configurations and Data
To remove lua5.1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua5.1
Remove lua5.1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua5.1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua5.1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua5.1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.