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