How to Install and Uninstall lua-rex-posix Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "lua-rex-posix" package

This is a short guide on how to install lua-rex-posix on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install lua-rex-posix

2. Uninstall "lua-rex-posix" package

Learn how to uninstall lua-rex-posix on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):

$ sudo apt remove lua-rex-posix $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the lua-rex-posix package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: lua-rex-posix
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.7.2-4build2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Source: lua-rexlib
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 75
Provides: lua5.1-rex-posix, lua5.2-rex-posix
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua-rexlib/lua-rex-posix_2.7.2-4build2_amd64.deb
Size: 14404
MD5sum: 02e425e81c52f67aa10dae1253eff588
SHA1: ec61edf438b4bdccc73a49ea56c6cda58ab2dce0
SHA256: 15d94cc8ea617cb1ef229735f4df5e3f95263679f6ed8cd27ad2ff3c1a2a0daf
Homepage: http://lrexlib.luaforge.net/
Description: POSIX regular expressions library for the Lua language
Description-md5: f05db483a2b452fa9c196b1dbfaecfac
Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2