Mac OSX Install Lua

1. Download the latest version from the official website

Http://www.lua.org/download.html

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2. Unzip

The downloaded file is lua-5.2.3.tar.gz, unzip it

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3. Compiling

Open the terminal, enter the location of the LUA source code, for example:

$ cd/users/alan/downloads/lua-5.2.3

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At the command line input, start compiling

$ make MacOSX

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4. Installation

$ sudo make install

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Need to enter Administrator password

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will be installed in the/usr/local/bin directory

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5. Test whether the installation is successful

$ lua

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Show:

Lua 5.2.3? Copyright (C) 1994-2013 lua.org, Puc-rio

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This way, LUA is installed successfully.

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6. Hello World

> Print ("Hello World");

Mac OSX Install Lua