hyrious / LuaForWindows

Prebuilt binaries for Windows by msys2.

Require

• Msys2 ( buildtools, curl )

Make

Notice: Lua itself uses mkdir -p and rm -rf in its Makefile, which needs environment supporting. Ensure mkdir.exe rm.exe's folder is in PATH.

build

You will see something like:

Unzipping lua-5.3.5.tar.gz ..
Ok.
Building lua-5.3.5 ..
Check version:
src/lua -v
Lua 5.3.5  Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
Making target [lua-5.3.4\install -> lua] ..
Ok.
clean
Ok.

Then there will be lua/ in this folder, which contains:

bin:
    lua luac lua*.dll
include:
    lua.h luaconf.h lualib.h lauxlib.h lua.hpp 
lib:
    liblua.a 
man/man1:
    lua.1 luac.1 

LuaRocks

The package manager for Lua modules. Quick installation:

1. download the latest release and extract it
2. start a cmd.exe with administrator privileges
3. install /F /MW (force cover & use mingw)
4. add C:\Program Files (x86)\LuaRocks to PATH

License

WTFPLv2.