How to Install and Uninstall lua5.1 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the lua5.1 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "lua5.1" package

Please follow the guidance below to install lua5.1 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall lua5.1 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: lua5.1
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.1.5-8.1build4
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: 334
Provides: lua
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua5.1/lua5.1_5.1.5-8.1build4_amd64.deb
Size: 94588
MD5sum: 2c9e36d69079d9fcaa37ea943c533ffb
SHA1: a086f8988b16fceceb9ede2a9063e94949493aa4
SHA256: e07e19fa80c70a47ba4ebb2bb666b9fb1d69a632aa5e938010ac458e06044041
SHA512: ef44874c34c90a26680982864bb753cdc6d2d256721e8519afc7ad21d43026038c6d359843744a73eb05c4f11e8a2239314cc8831aa050a07b53f6fd172998a1
Homepage: http://www.lua.org
Description: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Description-md5: 130003bb49100d21ad1dd4ef09dee02f