This is my basic installation which allows me easy switch beetween Lua versions. To be able install binary rocks also need install MS compiler. You can install as part of Microsoft Visual Studio or as part of Microsoft SDK or as part of Microsoft Build Tools.
Manual install
- Copy
luarocks
directory onc:
drive. - Copy Lua binaries/lib/include files to appropriate folder.
e.g. If you want install Lua 5.3 win MSVC 10 for x86
- copy .\Lua\5.3\Win32\v100\bin to c:\LuaRocks\x86\5.3\bin
- copy .\Lua\5.3\Win32\v100\lib to c:\LuaRocks\x86\5.3\lib
- copy .\Lua\5.3\Win32\include to c:\LuaRocks\x86\5.3\include
- To configure environment you can lanch
luaenv x86 5.3
- To see what need set in environment to install this version as default
luaenv x86 5.3 config
- To install external deps
- put
lib
files toexternal/lib
directory - put
*.h
files toexternal/include
directory - put
*.dll
files toexternal/bin
directory
- put
Notes about path
To change path from C:\LuaRocks
need change path in
\luarocks\luaenv.bat
\luarocks\*\LuaRocks\config-*.lua
\luarocks\*\LuaRocks\luarocks-*.bat
\luarocks\*\LuaRocks\luarocks-admin-*.bat
\luarocks\*\LuaRocks\lua\luarocks\site_config.lua