How to Install and Uninstall lua5.1 Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 23,2024

1. Install "lua5.1" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install lua5.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "lua5.1" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall lua5.1 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lua5.1
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua5.1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: lua5.1
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.5-8.1build2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: John V. Belmonte
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 322
Provides: lua
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline7 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua5.1/lua5.1_5.1.5-8.1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 93220
MD5sum: a09d17c204e835c68620c067f42f7650
SHA1: 37dd51746a6ad3246216017689eb8e8f06d5cb49
SHA256: 1333d9039ee3830664a91385ac34393b732df8b90239ffe62c762b79519ddc01
Homepage: http://www.lua.org
Description: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Description-md5: 130003bb49100d21ad1dd4ef09dee02f