How To Install lua50 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua50
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is lua50
lua50 is:
Lua is a programming language originally designed for extending applications, but also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language.
Lua combines simple procedural syntax (similar to Pascal) with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping. Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and the implementation goals are simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost.
There are three methods to install lua50
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 lua50 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua50
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua50
Install lua50 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua50
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua50
Install lua50 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 lua50
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua50
How To Uninstall lua50 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the lua50
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua50
Uninstall lua50 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua50
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua50
Remove lua50 Configurations and Data
To remove lua50
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua50
Remove lua50 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua50
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua50
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua50
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.