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lua-posix


Information about the package, lua-posix, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lua-posix package is designed for, A POSIX library for Lua.


Package Name:

lua-posix

Summary:

A POSIX library for Lua

Description:

This is a POSIX library for Lua which provides access to many POSIX features to Lua programs.

Architecture:

x86_64

Version:

5.1.7

Release:

1.el6

Size:

19 k

Repository:

epel

From Repository:

Licence:

Public Domain



Handy Yum Commands for lua-posix


Control the lua-posix package with the following handy commands outlined below.


Command

Description of Command

yum install lua-posix

This command will install lua-posix on the server.

yum remove lua-posix

This command will un-install lua-posix on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua-posix, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y remove lua-posix

This command will un-install lua-posix on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lua-posix when using the -y flag.

yum update lua-posix

This command will update lua-posix to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua-posix, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.

yum -y update lua-posix

This command will update lua-posix to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove lua-posix when using the -y flag.

yum info lua-posix

This command will show you core information about the lua-posix package.

yum deplist lua-posix

This command will show you the dependencies for lua-posix. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.

yum check-update lua-posix

This command will check if there is an update waiting on lua-posix. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.