How to Install and Uninstall lua-socket Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the lua-socket on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "lua-socket" package

This tutorial shows how to install lua-socket on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall lua-socket on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua-socket package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lua-socket
Source: luasocket (3.1.0-1)
Version: 3.1.0-1+b1
Installed-Size: 910
Maintainer: Debian Lua Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: lua5.1-socket, lua5.2-socket, lua5.3-socket, lua5.4-socket
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15)
Description: TCP/UDP socket library for the Lua language
Description-md5: 16d98ec2922d284e0842f9c8bd770d31
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://lunarmodules.github.io/luasocket/
Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4
Section: interpreters
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/luasocket/lua-socket_3.1.0-1+b1_amd64.deb
Size: 79620
MD5sum: 06fb6d89734ca29498b34c2b57e4de34
SHA256: 63217faf1d497a61e23f8b7a128a494a8db593f4965ead1411429d1a1e46d9dd