How to Install and Uninstall lua-discount Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "lua-discount" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install lua-discount on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lua-discount
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lua-discount" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall lua-discount on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lua-discount
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua-discount package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lua-discount
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 85
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Julian Wollrath
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.10.1-2
Provides: lua5.1-discount, lua5.2-discount
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libmarkdown2 (>= 2.0.6)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua-discount/lua-discount_1.2.10.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 6290
MD5sum: 1abadd63d2857d47e7565d7808c950c0
SHA1: 344cb8bd59e965083444d3186a3a705d3b13d292
SHA256: c99a7f702b534f05cb5ef499005be82e120f8dac2f7aacf7381f1c1975a98cfb
Description-en: Discount library for the Lua language
A binding to Discount, a fast C implementation of the Markdown text to HTML
markup system which passes the Markdown testsuite.
Description-md5: ff7f934164d13a57f63ba7cbd8bf2dfb
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://asbradbury.org/projects/lua-discount/
Lua-Versions: 5.2 5.1
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu