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

Last updated: May 11,2024

1. Install "lua-socket-dev" package

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


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lua-socket-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lua-socket-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall lua-socket-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: lua-socket-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 953
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Architecture: amd64
Source: luasocket
Version: 3.0~rc1+git+321c0c9-1
Provides: lua5.1-socket-dev, lua5.2-socket-dev, lua5.3-socket-dev
Depends: lua-socket (= 3.0~rc1+git+321c0c9-1)
Filename: pool/universe/l/luasocket/lua-socket-dev_3.0~rc1+git+321c0c9-1_amd64.deb
Size: 80418
MD5sum: ce7ea2a25cc960665e41417a7b86515d
SHA1: 35c1fa436bbb4475a5654f0e27bc85dbfdf2e3c6
SHA256: 499b3dab63d3163566bd4ca2e2fa43086f7d946365e7392626584b9f65ac6cd2
Description-en: TCP/UDP socket library for the Lua language
This package provides the development headers and the static
libraries for libluasocket.
Description-md5: 9b126ed4f266db9203fe1073383053b4
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://w3.impa.br/~diego/software/luasocket/
Lua-Versions: 5.3 5.1 5.2
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu