Re: Lua dynamic libraries

Subject: Re: Lua dynamic libraries
From: Milind Gupta &lt;milind.gupta@ ... &gt;
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:56:10 -0700

Thanks that helps a bit.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 7:32 AM, Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo <lhf@tecgraf.puc-rio.br> wrote:

Add the Lua library statically in your app. Make sure your app exports
the Lua API symbols. In Linux, you have to use -Wl,-E when linking it.

The instructions for Windows are different: you need a Lua DLL and you
don't link Lua statically in your app.

See also http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/install.html .

Sorry I am a novice when it comes to compiling C programs and I didn't completely understand the above. Which lua library is to be added statically? Does it matter where I place that lua library?