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

Last updated: November 21,2024

1. Install "lua-posix" package

This is a short guide on how to install lua-posix on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall lua-posix on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: lua-posix
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Installed-Size: 204
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 31-2build1
Provides: lua5.1-posix, lua5.2-posix
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), lua-bitop
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua-posix/lua-posix_31-2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 38806
MD5sum: 28d6b1bd6140408b6b35ed953cff25e0
SHA1: 943b86e6e85a82f92d064cba2979eb3d7f661a8a
SHA256: 9d9529f112edc7491f2aebef16f053d2e6b2580939a9323d103219149f8613c0
Description-en: posix library for the Lua language
This package contains the Lua posix library, that includes some posix
functions like fork, chmod, wait, sleep and kill.
Description-md5: c55d799a13c404ad6e239ba6c922ae56
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix
Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu