How to Install and Uninstall lua5.4 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: January 12,2025

You can also install and uninstall the lua5.4 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 "lua5.4" package

This is a short guide on how to install lua5.4 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 "lua5.4" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall lua5.4 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lua5.4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua5.4 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: lua5.4
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.4.4-1
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: 453
Provides: lua
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libreadline8 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua5.4/lua5.4_5.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 162516
MD5sum: db314c4c85d7a63a2af6dc45c95dafe7
SHA1: ea9c4c76cf0ba342dcd7e39cb4731acaef666db9
SHA256: 0780903e30e268452eab705c6e45d007d64b47552ce33810b84624bebbfbdb7a
SHA512: 44845a3c7b8a1f1b5d7f6f0b82b4ea17aeeda39daa1054cae0e19b1b41e08a97972053b1c52a4390d970b98cfdae3b037f556e44114811c816e4df27b6f4004f
Homepage: http://www.lua.org
Description: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Description-md5: 130003bb49100d21ad1dd4ef09dee02f