Re: Need help setting up luasocket

[Ignacio Burgueño <ignaciob@...>]

mark morreny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install luasocket 2.0.2 on lua 5.1.3. <http://5.1.3.>  I 
> am getting error during the "make" process.  The site has very little 
> about installation so I really have no clue.  Can someone offer a hint? 
>
>
> linux:/usr/src/luasocket-2.0.2# lua
> Lua 5.1.3  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> >
> linux:/usr/src/luasocket-2.0.2#
> linux:/usr/src/luasocket-2.0.2# make
> cd src; make all
> make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/luasocket-2.0.2/src'
> gcc  -DLUASOCKET_DEBUG  -pedantic -Wall -O2 -fpic   -c -o luasocket.o 
> luasocket.c
> luasocket.c:20:17: error: lua.h: No such file or directory

Either by editing the makefile, or with an appropiate flag, you need to 
tell make where are your Lua headers.

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