Datasheet

You’re now ready to install the Lua executables, static library, header files, and manual pages. To do so,

execute the following command:

make install

Then execute the following command to return to your nonroot session:

exit

The following command should present the lua manual page:

man lua

You can scroll up and down through the document by using the standard navigation keys. Press Q to

return to the shell itself.

Now enter following command:

lua -v

This should present you with a version statement like the following:

Any problem at this point indicates an issue that you can clarify with the following which command:

which lua

The response should be a line like this:

/usr/local/bin/lua

A response like the following means that lua was installed into a directory that is not in your search path,

which is an ordered list of directories that the operating system examines to resolve external commands:

which: no lua in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin)

You can remedy this by editing the PATH variable in your shell startup script to include the directory in

which

lua and luac were installed. You need to exit and restart the shell for these changes to take effect.

If you don’t have root privileges or simply want to test the installation locally, you can execute the fol-

lowing command:

make local

This creates several additional directories such as bin and man beneath the current directory.

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