# 下在Lua最新版，并解压
wget
http://
www.lua.org/
ftp/
lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
tar
zxvf lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
cd
lua-5.1.4
# 安装libreadline5
sudo
apt-get
install
libreadline5 libreadline5-dev
# 安装编译工具
sudo
apt-get
install
build-essential
# 编译安装Lua
sudo
make
linux
sudo
make
install
转至：http://blog.panzhibiao.com/html/2010/05/windows-ubuntu-%E5%AE%89%E8%A3%85-lua.html
centos:
# yum -y install gcc make ncurses-devel readline-devel
# wget http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
# tar zxvf lua-5.1.4.tar.gz
# cd lua-5.1.4
# make linux
# make install
# cd ..
# wget http://luaforge.net/frs/download.php/2664/luasocket-2.0.2.tar.gz
# tar zxvf luasocket-2.0.2.tar.gz
# cd luasocket-2.0.2
# make
# make install