How to Install and Uninstall luarocks Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "luarocks" package

This is a short guide on how to install luarocks on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall luarocks on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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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 Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: luarocks
Architecture: all
Version: 3.8.0+dfsg1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lua Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1135
Depends: lua-any, lua5.1 | lua5.2 | lua5.3, liblua5.1-dev | liblua5.2-dev | liblua5.3-dev, wget, zip, unzip
Recommends: lua-sec
Filename: pool/universe/l/luarocks/luarocks_3.8.0+dfsg1-1_all.deb
Size: 140204
MD5sum: 1f4c3ddb5d9248637f64bfe287394b79
SHA1: 623d6db5964952429a7da16dd219f23b44431b1c
SHA256: 0df7692486a40bdbd2a7e28c266383976429d19449cbaf558a99d851104b860f
SHA512: 9e9ead85c7d9dc712425bc51db2f707ce7bf2615fd2fd69763db8188fc2a9c658ed8aa22bb5594fd9ed71c0525719926b6baffd9cead1a4db39f1a844c46f111
Homepage: https://luarocks.org/
Description: deployment and management system for Lua modules
Description-md5: b888f425d832481f23d488080ca87698