How to Install and Uninstall lua5.2 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 16,2024

You can also install and uninstall the lua5.2 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 "lua5.2" package

This tutorial shows how to install lua5.2 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 "lua5.2" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall lua5.2 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lua5.2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua5.2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: lua5.2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.2.4-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lua Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 365
Provides: lua
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua5.2/lua5.2_5.2.4-2_amd64.deb
Size: 128950
MD5sum: 5de1760af61d0f2e85ba88d433640aa0
SHA1: c927dbf898c43264e46d7b2d8445a1a3e70594f5
SHA256: 2dd1c1793522a70b7c3856f684cc4280dc62ab8df2e06b956e1f62de9b6109aa
SHA512: 96f6bd73d1b36d9e566ae199a50d7114580ee201efbaf9c8f270cc73048da77a2b72a4a717a336fa69e6571f0d5dc510bcd1412b10ab0b9ec10e051b64882224
Homepage: https://www.lua.org
Description: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Description-md5: 130003bb49100d21ad1dd4ef09dee02f