How To Install weechat-lua on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-lua on Debian 12.
What is weechat-lua
weechat-lua is:
WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard.
This package provides the Lua scripting API plugin.
There are three methods to install weechat-lua on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install weechat-lua Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install weechat-lua using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install weechat-lua
Install weechat-lua Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install weechat-lua using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install weechat-lua
Install weechat-lua 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 weechat-lua using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install weechat-lua
How To Uninstall weechat-lua on Debian 12
To uninstall only the weechat-lua package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove weechat-lua
Uninstall weechat-lua And Its Dependencies
To uninstall weechat-lua and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-lua
Remove weechat-lua Configurations and Data
To remove weechat-lua configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-lua
Remove weechat-lua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove weechat-lua configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge weechat-lua
Dependencies
weechat-lua have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install weechat-lua package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
