How to Install and Uninstall lua5.3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 27,2024

1. Install "lua5.3" package

This is a short guide on how to install lua5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lua5.3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lua5.3" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall lua5.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lua5.3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lua5.3 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: lua5.3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.3.1-1ubuntu2.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 370
Provides: lua
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua5.3/lua5.3_5.3.1-1ubuntu2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 103676
MD5sum: d35e5575b180cb39366ef403621d511f
SHA1: d6f2b1320045bca0436afeaf64a6ce79ac9128cb
SHA256: 78639212945e332e1aef989d73adcc655d8bec825594387d5f398402d3b9ce34
SHA512: bf2521ffb1f603fe9e3bd444cc651b915420c1c02e1b05fb8c55b5d345fecc916c706efca312d54106c553bd1e4ac29d921a4b2d8491304d0cf1f3ecae777924
Homepage: http://www.lua.org
Description-en: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending
applications. The language engine is accessible as a library, having a C
API which allows the application to exchange data with Lua programs and also
to extend Lua with C functions. Lua is also used as a general-purpose,
stand-alone language through the simple command line interpreter provided.
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This package contains the Lua command line interpreter and bytecode compiler.
Install it if you are developing or using Lua scripts.
Description-md5: 130003bb49100d21ad1dd4ef09dee02f

Package: lua5.3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/interpreters
Installed-Size: 370
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Enrico Tassi
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.3.1-1ubuntu2
Provides: lua
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libreadline6 (>= 6.0)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lua5.3/lua5.3_5.3.1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 103688
MD5sum: 8124554061816c3026a16237d38d802f
SHA1: 3df99457172fc9957967423518807687a49f27ef
SHA256: 0fa021ed29d9ce52d000a41aaa9b1d53d2022a514d3d0c35a0deac02dcb012e5
Description-en: Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending
applications. The language engine is accessible as a library, having a C
API which allows the application to exchange data with Lua programs and also
to extend Lua with C functions. Lua is also used as a general-purpose,
stand-alone language through the simple command line interpreter provided.
.
This package contains the Lua command line interpreter and bytecode compiler.
Install it if you are developing or using Lua scripts.
Description-md5: 130003bb49100d21ad1dd4ef09dee02f
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.lua.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu