Information about the package, lua53u, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The lua53u package is designed for, Powerful light-weight programming language.
Package Name:
lua53u
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:
5.3.4
Release:
1.ius.el6
Size:
177 k
Repository:
ius
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the lua53u package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install lua53u
This command will install lua53u on the server.
yum remove lua53u
This command will un-install lua53u on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua53u, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove lua53u
This command will un-install lua53u 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 lua53u when using the -y flag.
yum update lua53u
This command will update lua53u to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove lua53u, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update lua53u
This command will update lua53u 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 lua53u when using the -y flag.
yum info lua53u
This command will show you core information about the lua53u package.
yum deplist lua53u
This command will show you the dependencies for lua53u. 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 lua53u
This command will check if there is an update waiting on lua53u. 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.