Information about the package, lua, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lua package is designed for, Powerful light-weight programming language.
Package Name:
lua
Summary:
Powerful light-weight programming language
URL:
Description:
Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. Lua is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua is free software. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, interpreted from bytecodes, and has automatic memory management with garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.1.4
Release:
4.1.el6
Size:
603 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
anaconda-CentOS-201303020151.x86_64
Licence:
MIT
Control the lua package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lua
This command will install lua on the server.
yum remove lua
This command will un-install lua on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lua
This command will un-install lua 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 when using the -y flag.
yum update lua
This command will update lua to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lua
This command will update lua 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 when using the -y flag.
yum info lua
This command will show you core information about the lua package.
yum deplist lua
This command will show you the dependencies for lua. 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
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lua. 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.