How To Install lua-expat on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-expat on Ubuntu.
What is lua-expat
lua-expat is:
This package contains the bindings for the expat library.
There are three methods to install lua-expat on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lua-expat Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-expat using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lua-expat
Install lua-expat Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-expat using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lua-expat
Install lua-expat Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install lua-expat using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lua-expat
How To Uninstall lua-expat on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the lua-expat package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lua-expat
Uninstall lua-expat And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lua-expat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lua-expat
Remove lua-expat Configurations and Data
To remove lua-expat configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lua-expat
Remove lua-expat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lua-expat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lua-expat
Dependencies
lua-expat have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lua-expat package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.