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Quick installation of luajit:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: luajit
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install luajit
Package Details | |
| Package: | luajit |
| Version: | 2.0.0~beta9+dfsg-1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://luajit.org |
| Description: | Just in time compiler for Lua programming language version 5.1 LuaJIT implements the full set of language features defined by Lua 5.1. The virtual machine (VM) is API- and ABI-compatible to the standard Lua interpreter and can be deployed as a drop-in replacement. . This package contains the standalone interpreter/jitter that can be used as a replacement for the standard lua5.1 interpreter. Multi-Arch: foreign Homepage: http://luajit.org |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/interpreters |
How to install luajit on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If luajit is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L luajit' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L luajit Package `luajit' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing luajit:
After system update use the following command to install luajit:
sudo apt-get install luajit
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove luajit from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the luajit from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the luajit following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove luajit
Following command is used to remove the luajit package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove luajit
This will remove luajit and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing luajit with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge luajit
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove luajit
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with luajit package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
