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- Subject: Re: Installining Lua for WinXP
- From: "Aaron Brown" <arundelo@...>
- Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 01:01:16 -0400
Alex Caracatsanis wrote:
I don't really understand how to install it. I've
downloaded the latest version as lua-5.1.tar.gz, and have
opened it as:
C:\Program Files\lua-5.1. It has subdirectories called
doc, etc, src, and test. Am I on the right track so far?
Do I now need to download a C compiler
Yes (or a precompiled binary; see below).
- and if so, what do i do with it?
Install it and (from your command line) use cd to get
yourself to C:\Program Files\lua-5.1, then type (for
instance) "make ansi". When that's done running, the Lua
interpreter (lua.exe) should be in the src/ subdirectory.
What does it mean to "build" the downloaded file?
It's roughly a synonym for "compile".
Is there some kind of easy install process for newcomers?
Yes, you can download a precompiled binary from:
http://luabinaries.luaforge.net/
(I think the file you want is one of the Lua_5_1_Win32_*
files from <http://luaforge.net/frs/?group_id=110>. Other
than the DLLs, it looks like the difference between them is
just what compiler was used to make them, but if one doesn't
work for you, give another a try.)
--
Aaron