How to Install and Uninstall luarocks Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the luarocks 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 "luarocks" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install luarocks on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "luarocks" package

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


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

Package: luarocks
Architecture: all
Version: 3.8.0+dfsg1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lua Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1135
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_3.8.0+dfsg1-1_all.deb
Size: 140204
MD5sum: 1f4c3ddb5d9248637f64bfe287394b79
SHA1: 623d6db5964952429a7da16dd219f23b44431b1c
SHA256: 0df7692486a40bdbd2a7e28c266383976429d19449cbaf558a99d851104b860f
SHA512: 9e9ead85c7d9dc712425bc51db2f707ce7bf2615fd2fd69763db8188fc2a9c658ed8aa22bb5594fd9ed71c0525719926b6baffd9cead1a4db39f1a844c46f111
Homepage: https://luarocks.org/
Description: deployment and management system for Lua modules
Description-md5: b888f425d832481f23d488080ca87698