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@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ -* Installation +This is Lua 3.2 +* Installation + ------------ Building Lua on a Unix system should be very easy: 1. Edit "config" to suit your platform, if at all necessary. @@ -8,7 +10,7 @@ See below for instructions for Windows and Macintosh. * What you get - + ------------ If "make" succeeds, you get: * an interpreter in ./bin/lua and a compiler in ./bin/luac; * libraries in ./lib; @@ -19,26 +21,36 @@ and some useful stuff in ./etc. You don't need these directories for development. -* If you have problems (and solutions!) + See also the README files in the various subdirectories. + A convenient staring point is ./doc/readme.html. +* If you have problems (and solutions!) + ------------------------------------- If "make" fails, please let us know (lua@tecgraf.puc-rio.br). If you make changes to "config", please send them to us. * Shared libraries - + ---------------- If you are running SunOs 4.x, type the following after "make" succeeds: - ld -o lib/liblua.so.3.1 src/*.o - ld -o lib/liblualib.so.3.1 src/lib/*.o + ld -o lib/liblua.so.3.2 src/*.o + ld -o lib/liblualib.so.3.2 src/lib/*.o - If you want the interpreter to use shared libraries, then do: + If you are running Linux, type the following after "make" succeeds: + ld -o lib/liblua.so.3.2 -shared src/*.o + ld -o lib/liblualib.so.3.2 -shared src/lib/*.o + cd lib + ln -s liblua.so.3.2 liblua.so + ln -s liblualib.so.3.2 liblualib.so.3.2 + + If you want the interpreter to use shared libraries, then do this too: rm bin/lua cd src/lua; make + You may need to include lib/ in the LD_LIBRAY_PATH environment variable. - For AIX, the OpenGL clone Mesa includes a script for making shared libraries. - For other systems, please tell us how! + Building shared libraries in other systems is similar but details differ. * Installation on Windows or Macintosh - + ------------------------------------ The instructions for building Lua on a Mac or Windows machine depend on the particular compiler you are using. The simplest way is to create a folder with all .c and .h files. @@ -49,11 +61,11 @@ llex.c lmem.c lobject.c lparser.c lstate.c lstring.c ltable.c ltm.c lundump.c lvm.c lzio.c - standard lib: liolib.c lmathlib.c lstrlib.c + standard lib: linit.c ldblib.c liolib.c lmathlib.c lstrlib.c interpreter: basic lib, standard lib, lua.c - compiler: basic lib, dump.c luac.c print.c stubs.c opcode.c opt.c + compiler: basic lib, dump.c luac.c opcode.c opt.c print.c stubs.c test.c Of course, to use Lua as a library, you'll have to know how to create and use libraries with your compiler. |