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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "lua-rex-posix" package

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


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

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


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

Package: lua-rex-posix
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Installed-Size: 101
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Architecture: amd64
Source: lua-rexlib
Version: 2.7.2-3
Provides: lua5.1-rex-posix, lua5.2-rex-posix
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Pre-Depends: multiarch-support
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua-rexlib/lua-rex-posix_2.7.2-3_amd64.deb
Size: 14494
MD5sum: 531b0a8eb46e6d03518b27561cf90753
SHA1: 412fbffec07aa890222f660eaa76d32c246cc298
SHA256: 54b586b9d57653bca0dde42248d8db29681c0956ad9d6b750b95f1d395d8193c
Description-en: POSIX regular expressions library for the Lua language
This package provides bindings for POSIX regular expressions to the Lua
language.
Description-md5: f05db483a2b452fa9c196b1dbfaecfac
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://lrexlib.luaforge.net/
Lua-Versions: 5.1 5.2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu