How to Install and Uninstall lua-socket Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "lua-socket" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install lua-socket on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lua-socket
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lua-socket" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall lua-socket on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lua-socket
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua-socket package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: lua-socket
Source: luasocket
Version: 3.0~rc1+git+ac3201d-4
Installed-Size: 599
Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Architecture: amd64
Provides: lua5.1-socket, lua5.2-socket, lua5.3-socket
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: TCP/UDP socket library for the Lua language
Description-md5: 16d98ec2922d284e0842f9c8bd770d31
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/
Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2 5.3
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/luasocket/lua-socket_3.0~rc1+git+ac3201d-4_amd64.deb
Size: 74048
MD5sum: 4e99bb44866cb7cc44ca0cbadf81abeb
SHA256: ab22128f4a78a32f1218e274388fe3532ec8c2cb9031a4be30cafdfc322baf32