How To Install luajit on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install luajit on Debian 9.
What is luajit
luajit is:
LuaJIT implements the full set of language features defined by Lua 5.1. The virtual machine (VM) is API- and ABI-compatible to the standard Lua interpreter and can be deployed as a drop-in replacement.
This package contains the standalone interpreter/jitter that can be used as a replacement for the standard lua5.1 interpreter.
There are three methods to install luajit 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 luajit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install luajit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install luajit
Install luajit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install luajit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install luajit
Install luajit 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 luajit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install luajit
How To Uninstall luajit on Debian 9
To uninstall only the luajit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove luajit
Uninstall luajit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall luajit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove luajit
Remove luajit Configurations and Data
To remove luajit configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge luajit
Remove luajit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove luajit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge luajit
Dependencies
luajit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install luajit package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.