How To Install lua-bit32 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bit32 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lua-bit32
lua-bit32 is:
This package provides the bit32 library for Lua 5.1, a back port of the bit32 library of Lua 5.2 and 5.3. Such library implements bitwise operations on 32 bit integers. Lua-Versions: 5.1
There are three methods to install lua-bit32 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 lua-bit32 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-bit32 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-bit32
Install lua-bit32 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-bit32 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-bit32
Install lua-bit32 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 lua-bit32 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-bit32
How To Uninstall lua-bit32 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lua-bit32 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-bit32
Uninstall lua-bit32 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-bit32 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-bit32
Remove lua-bit32 Configurations and Data
To remove lua-bit32 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-bit32
Remove lua-bit32 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-bit32 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-bit32
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-bit32 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
