%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Lua Lua is a powerful light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. It is also frequently used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language. Lua is implemented as a small library of C functions, written in ANSI C, and compiles unmodified in all known platforms. The implementation goals are simplicity, efficiency, portability, and low embedding cost. The result is a fast language engine with small footprint, making it ideal in embedded systems too. &lfs78_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &lua-md5sum; Download size: &lua-size; Estimated disk space required: &lua-buildsize; Estimated build time: &lua-time; Additional Downloads Required patch: User Notes: Install Lua by running the following commands: patch -Np1 -i ../lua-&lua-version;-shared_library-1.patch && sed -i '/#define LUA_ROOT/s:/usr/local/:/usr/:' src/luaconf.h && make linux To test the results, issue: make test. This will run the interpreter and print its version. Now, as the root user: make INSTALL_TOP=/usr TO_LIB="liblua.so liblua.so.5.3 liblua.so.&lua-version;" \ INSTALL_DATA="cp -d" INSTALL_MAN=/usr/share/man/man1 install && mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/lua-&lua-version; && cp -v doc/*.{html,css,gif,png} /usr/share/doc/lua-&lua-version; Some packages check for the pkg-config file for Lua. As the root user: cat > /usr/lib/pkgconfig/lua.pc << "EOF" V=5.3 R=&lua-version; prefix=/usr INSTALL_BIN=${prefix}/bin INSTALL_INC=${prefix}/include INSTALL_LIB=${prefix}/lib INSTALL_MAN=${prefix}/man/man1 INSTALL_LMOD=${prefix}/share/lua/${V} INSTALL_CMOD=${prefix}/lib/lua/${V} exec_prefix=${prefix} libdir=${exec_prefix}/lib includedir=${prefix}/include Name: Lua Description: An Extensible Extension Language Version: ${R} Requires: Libs: -L${libdir} -llua -lm Cflags: -I${includedir} EOF sed -i ... src/luaconf.h: This command changes Lua search path to match the install paths. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories lua and luac liblua.so /usr/lib/lua, /usr/share/lua and /usr/share/doc/lua-&lua-version; Short Descriptions lua is the standalone Lua interpreter. lua luac is the Lua compiler. luac liblua.so contains the Lua API functions. liblua.so