phoenixr-codes / compiling-lua-for-3ds

Compiling Lua for 3DS

Compiling Lua for the Nintendo 3DS

Important

... should've known that Lua is already present in devkitPro's portlibs 🫠. But with this method you have control over the version you want to use in your project.

Requirements

• devkitPro toolchain
• Lua source code

Steps

1. Download lua.patch present in this repository.
2. Apply the patch within the installed Lua directory: patch -p1 < lua.patch.
3. Built with make.
4. Install with sudo make install. You might need to use sudo as it installs to $DEVKITPRO/portlibs/3ds. You can change this behavior by modifying the Makefile.

Assuming you are using the devkitPro Makefile template located at $DEVKITPRO/examples/3ds/templates/application/Makefile modify it to link the Lua library.