Lua Environment Installation

Installation on Linux System

Installing Lua on Linux & Mac is very simple. You just need to download the source code package and decompress and compile it in the terminal. This article uses5.3Install version .0:

curl　-R　-O　http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.0.tar.gz
tar　zxf　lua-5.3.0.tar.gz
cd　lua-5.3.0
make　linux　test
make　install

Installation on Mac OS X System

curl　-R　-O　http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.0.tar.gz
tar　zxf　lua-5.3.0.tar.gz
cd　lua-5.3.0
make　macosx　test
make　install

You can also install Lua on Mac through homebrew, which is convenient for version management.

brew　install　lua

Next, we create a HelloWorld.lua file with the following code:

print("Hello　World!")

Execute the following command:

$　lua　HelloWorld.lua

The output result is:

Hello　World!

Install Lua on Windows System

On Windows, you can use an IDE environment called "SciTE" to execute Lua programs. The download address is:

• Download address on Github:https://github.com/rjpcomputing/luaforwindows/releases

• Download address for Google Code: https://code.google.com/p/luaforwindows/downloads/list

Double-click to install and you can write and run Lua programs in this environment.

You can also use the method recommended by the Lua official website to use LuaDist:http://luadist.org/