How to Install and Uninstall luarocks Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "luarocks" package

Please follow the steps below to install luarocks on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                luarocks
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "luarocks" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall luarocks on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: luarocks
Version: 2.4.2+dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 688
Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Architecture: all
Depends: lua-any, lua5.1 | lua5.2 | lua5.3, liblua5.1-dev | liblua5.2-dev | liblua5.3-dev, wget, zip, unzip
Recommends: lua-sec
Description: deployment and management system for Lua modules
Description-md5: b888f425d832481f23d488080ca87698
Homepage: http://luarocks.org/
Tag: devel::packaging, implemented-in::lua, role::program
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/luarocks/luarocks_2.4.2+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 98042
MD5sum: d52bb12d1de77035df0004082f5fb428
SHA256: 5a6c3d8109e247e375ac35a85102173190d97e315fcc8636b1d321782931f419