How to Install and Uninstall lua-filesystem Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "lua-filesystem" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lua-filesystem on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall lua-filesystem on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lua-filesystem
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua-filesystem package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: lua-filesystem
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.3-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 82
Provides: lua5.1-filesystem, lua5.2-filesystem, lua5.3-filesystem
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua-filesystem/lua-filesystem_1.6.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 9930
MD5sum: 4537329340ac982f314d51b8130cc310
SHA1: 760b3919715bf540d3d8a6eda63721e2b5519ca3
SHA256: fbfd9c6e42ecebcd11b74d13cdcc7232067caab06dbcb9f5be121e52ead53f04
Homepage: https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem
Description: luafilesystem library for the Lua language
Description-md5: 7c042a7d2ed7e4f5a219e8914155adbd
Lua-Versions: 5.2 5.1 5.3