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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "lua-event" package

This tutorial shows how to install lua-event on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lua-event
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lua-event" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall lua-event on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: lua-event
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Installed-Size: 54
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.4.3-2
Provides: lua5.1-event
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libevent-2.0-5 (>= 2.0.10-stable), lua-socket
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua-event/lua-event_0.4.3-2_amd64.deb
Size: 11970
MD5sum: 59b2a790c7dfcbac4969be6dc5a14f7e
SHA1: 5c460ff7d7ed447aef30c350721a20f6ce9fe1f9
SHA256: c6e9095009a022f14f44a1d2781f37141efb44fd6bc489e4308795f430033990
Description-en: asynchronous event notification library for Lua
This package contains the bindings for libevent, a synchronous event
notification library that provides a mechanish to execute a callback function
when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout has been
reached.
Description-md5: 2a5ed780197eb4b24b8d67b50492af87
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/harningt/luaevent.git
Lua-Versions: 5.1
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu