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Lua is built in the src directory, but the build process can be
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controlled from the top-level Makefile.
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Building Lua on Unix systems should be very easy. First do "make" and
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see if your platform is listed. If so, just do "make xxx", where xxx
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is your platform name. The platforms currently supported are:
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aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
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If your platform is not listed, try the closest one or posix, generic,
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See below for customization instructions and for instructions on how
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to build with other Windows compilers.
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If you want to check that Lua has been built correctly, do "make test"
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after building Lua. Also, have a look at the example programs in test.
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Once you have built Lua, you may want to install it in an official
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place in your system. In this case, do "make install". The official
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place and the way to install files are defined in Makefile. You must
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have the right permissions to install files.
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If you want to build and install Lua in one step, do "make xxx install",
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where xxx is your platform name.
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If you want to install Lua locally, then do "make local". This will
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create directories bin, include, lib, man, and install Lua there as
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include: lua.h luaconf.h lualib.h lauxlib.h lua.hpp
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man/man1: lua.1 luac.1
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These are the only directories you need for development.
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There are man pages for lua and luac, in both nroff and html, and a
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reference manual in html in doc, some sample code in test, and some
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useful stuff in etc. You don't need these directories for development.
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If you want to install Lua locally, but in some other directory, do
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"make install INSTALL_TOP=xxx", where xxx is your chosen directory.
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See below for instructions for Windows and other systems.
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Three things can be customized by editing a file:
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- Where and how to install Lua -- edit Makefile.
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- How to build Lua -- edit src/Makefile.
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- Lua features -- edit src/luaconf.h.
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You don't actually need to edit the Makefiles because you may set the
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relevant variables when invoking make.
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On the other hand, if you need to select some Lua features, you'll need
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to edit src/luaconf.h. The edited file will be the one installed, and
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it will be used by any Lua clients that you build, to ensure consistency.
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We strongly recommend that you enable dynamic loading. This is done
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automatically for all platforms listed above that have this feature
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(and also Windows). See src/luaconf.h and also src/Makefile.
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* Building Lua on Windows and other systems
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If you're not using the usual Unix tools, then the instructions for
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building Lua depend on the compiler you use. You'll need to create
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projects (or whatever your compiler uses) for building the library,
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the interpreter, and the compiler, as follows:
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library: lapi.c lcode.c ldebug.c ldo.c ldump.c lfunc.c lgc.c llex.c
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lmem.c lobject.c lopcodes.c lparser.c lstate.c lstring.c
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ltable.c ltm.c lundump.c lvm.c lzio.c
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lauxlib.c lbaselib.c ldblib.c liolib.c lmathlib.c loslib.c
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ltablib.c lstrlib.c loadlib.c linit.c
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interpreter: library, lua.c
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compiler: library, luac.c print.c
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If you use Visual Studio .NET, you can use etc/luavs.bat in its
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If all you want is to build the Lua interpreter, you may put all .c files
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in a single project, except for luac.c and print.c. Or just use etc/all.c.
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To use Lua as a library in your own programs, you'll need to know how to
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create and use libraries with your compiler.
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As mentioned above, you may edit luaconf.h to select some features before
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