How to install Lua on Mac OS X

1. check whether the local machine has installed Lua on the Mac OS terminal.

 

Last login: Thu Jul 10 07:54:48 on ttys000keshans-Mac-mini:~ keshan$ lua-bash: lua: command not found

 

2. If there is no official Lua website to download the latest code in the tar.gz format

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

 

3. refer to pages 8, 9, 10, and 11 of this document.

Http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/71/04700691/0470069171.pdf

The main content is to specify the platform when making

The correct method is to specify MacOSX

make macosxsudo make install

 

 

4. Check whether the installation is successful and the version number is correct.

keshans-Mac-mini:lua-5.2.3 keshan$ luaLua 5.2.3  Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Lua.org, PUC-Rio> message = [[It‘s a test string]]> print(message)It‘s a test string> keshans-Mac-mini:lua-5.2.3 keshan$ lua -vLua 5.2.3  Copyright (C) 1994-2013 Lua.org, PUC-Riokeshans-Mac-mini:lua-5.2.3 keshan$ 

 

5. view the Lua directory

keshans-Mac-mini:lua-5.2.3 keshan$ which lua/usr/local/bin/lua

 

Done