Lua

sudo apt install lua5.4 sudo apt install liblua5.4-dev	lua --help luarocks --help	lua -v luarocks --version
sudo update-alternatives --config lua-interpreter sudo update-alternatives --config lua-compiler	sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/lib/luarocks/rocks-5.1 ls -lah /usr/local/lib/luarocks/	ls -lah ~/.luarocks/ luarocks list
export LUA_PATH=/usr/bin/lua5.4 export LUA_INTERPRETER=/usr/bin/lua5.4

LuaRocks

wget -cq https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-3.9.2.tar.gz -P ${HOME}/Downloads
tar -xzf ${HOME}/Downloads/luarocks-3.9.2.tar.gz -C ${HOME}/Downloads
rm  -rf  ${HOME}/Downloads/luarocks-3.9.2.tar.gz
cd       ${HOME}/Downloads/luarocks-3.9.2

sudo update-alternatives --config lua-interpreter
./configure && make && sudo make install
sudo luarocks install luasocket

Playground

mkdir -p ~/Documents/lua-playground cd ~/Documents/lua-playground	luarocks install moonrocks luarocks install srlua	luarocks install lua-json luarocks install luaunit
luarocks install moonrocks --local luarocks install srlua --local	luarocks install moonrocks --local --check-lua-versions luarocks install srlua --local --check-lua-versions
sudo luarocks install luasocket luarocks install luasec --local	luarocks --tree=./local install cmark luarocks list	luarocks search luasec luarocks show luasec
runtime only sudo apt install lua5.4	runtime + compiler (developer) sudo apt install lua5.4-dev	header to compile (developer) sudo apt install liblua5.4-dev

References

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