Casey
Casey

Reputation: 103

How do you install LuaSocket on Mac OS X

How do you install luasocket on the Mac OS X correctly? I have lua 5.1.4 installed as a binary in the /usr/bin on my Mac. I am needing guidance to configure and install luasocket. Please let me know if additional information is needed.

Upvotes: 4

Views: 3198

Answers (2)

serhii
serhii

Reputation: 71

Need to use some lua package manager to install luasocket.

the easiest way in MAC OS for my point, will be - luarocks

brew install luarocks

and then:

luarocks install luasocket

In my case after it, I can debug lua code by using luasocket connecting (in IntelliJ Idea in my case)

Upvotes: 0

catwell
catwell

Reputation: 7020

If you want the most up-to-date version of LuaSocket:

git clone -b unstable git://github.com/diegonehab/luasocket.git
cd luasocket
make macosx
sudo make install

Upvotes: 3

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