How To Install lua-socket on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-socket on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lua-socket
lua-socket is:
Luasocket provides a TCP/UDP socket library for the Lua language
Also provided are HTTP and SMTP implementations, a simple FTP implementation and some URL parsing functions.
Luasocket supports blocking and non-blocking sockets and also provides a select() interface to the language. Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2 5.3
There are three methods to install lua-socket 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-socket 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-socket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-socket
Install lua-socket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-socket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-socket
Install lua-socket 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-socket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-socket
How To Uninstall lua-socket on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lua-socket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-socket
Uninstall lua-socket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-socket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-socket
Remove lua-socket Configurations and Data
To remove lua-socket configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-socket
Remove lua-socket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-socket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-socket
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-socket package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
