Lua 5.1.3: How to Make and Install?

[sgiandubh]

I installed Lua 5.1.2 using the Synaptic Package Manager, but I'd like to update to Lua 5.1.3. I downloaded the 5.1.3 tarball from the Lua website, extracted to a makeshift directory, and tried to follow the INSTALL instructions. I'm new to building applications in *nix, so I'm not sure how I'm supposed to proceed. Here's what I tried:


cd /sgiandubh/lua-5.1.3/
make linux install
make generic install

cd /sgiandubh/lua-5.1.3/src/
make linux install
make generic install

The errors I encountered are no such file errors for assert.h, math.h, and string.h. I understand these are dependencies. How do I resolve this problem? Thank you.

[geraldm]

If you do not have the compilers installed

sudo apt-get install build-essential


I think that should install the headers needed. The headers are in the glibc package, the dev headers are in the package for libc6-dev ; you need the version that is compatible with your glibc package.

Most packages in linux use three commands (to precheck requirements)
./configure
make
make install
The instructions are usually contained in the package, INSTALL or README.

Gerald

[sgiandubh]

Excellent. That worked like a charm. Thanks a lot!