How to Install and Uninstall luarocks Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "luarocks" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install luarocks 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 "luarocks" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall luarocks on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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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 luarocks package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: luarocks
Architecture: all
Version: 2.4.2+dfsg-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 688
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_2.4.2+dfsg-1_all.deb
Size: 97562
MD5sum: 0383a4cf407cd3c0cf0111dab1f9f958
SHA1: e8a1c1b962641e96c65dd5ddb96e49fdf03c661c
SHA256: fa0528a7d431ac8762c3a5e997e4ab9877f9ff72c912dfd8873db0630e8cd57c
Homepage: http://luarocks.org/
Description: deployment and management system for Lua modules
Description-md5: b888f425d832481f23d488080ca87698