install lua

lua official website

http://www.lua.org/download.html

download lua

wget http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.4.tar.gz

Unzip and install lua

tar zxf lua-5.3.4.tar.gz 
cd lua-5.3.4
vim Makefile 
修改：
INSTALL_TOP= /usr/local/lua

# make
Please do 'make PLATFORM' where PLATFORM is one of these:
   aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
See doc/readme.html for complete instructions.
#执行make，会提示让你输入make 系统平台

# make linux
# make install

# /usr/local/lua/bin/lua
Lua 5.3.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2011 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
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mistake:

gcc -O2 -Wall -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL -DLUA_USE_LINUX    -c -o lua.o lua.c
lua.c:67:31: error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory
lua.c:68:30: error: readline/history.h: No such file or directory
lua.c: In function ‘pushline’:
lua.c:271: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘readline’
lua.c:271: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
lua.c: In function ‘loadline’:
lua.c:301: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘add_history’
make[2]: *** [lua.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/lua-5.2.0/src'
make[1]: *** [linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/lua-5.2.0/src'
make: *** [linux] Error 2

解决：yum install -y readline-devel ncurses-devel