Information about the package, lua-socket, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lua-socket package is designed for, Network support for the Lua language.
Package Name:
lua-socket
Summary:
Network support for the Lua language
Description:
LuaSocket is a Lua extension library that is composed by two parts: a C core that provides support for the TCP and UDP transport layers, and a set of Lua modules that add support for functionality commonly needed by applications that deal with the Internet. Among the support modules, the most commonly used implement the SMTP, HTTP and FTP. In addition there are modules for MIME, URL handling and LTN12.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
3.0
Release:
0.10.rc1.el6
Size:
169 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the lua-socket package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lua-socket
This command will install lua-socket on the server.
yum remove lua-socket
This command will un-install lua-socket on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua-socket, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lua-socket
This command will un-install lua-socket 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-socket when using the -y flag.
yum update lua-socket
This command will update lua-socket to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua-socket, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lua-socket
This command will update lua-socket 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-socket when using the -y flag.
yum info lua-socket
This command will show you core information about the lua-socket package.
yum deplist lua-socket
This command will show you the dependencies for lua-socket. 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-socket
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lua-socket. 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.