LuaDist

CMake based Lua distribution for Windows, OSX, Linux and Unix systems.

• LuaDist is a package manager for the Lua language.

  $ luadist install luaexpat
  $ lua
  > require "lxp"

• It supports deployment into standalone directories.

  $ luadist /home/my_lua install lua luasocket
  $ ls /home/my_lua
  bin lib include share
  $ ls /home/my_lua/bin
  lua luac
  $ ls /home/my_lua/lib
  liblua51.so
  $ /home/my_lua/bin/lua
  > require "socket"

• Follow the installation instructions on Wiki.

  Install LuaDist!

• Use LuaDist functionality from Lua.

  $ lua
  > local ld = require "dist"
  > ld.install("luaexpat")

• Install modules manually so you can integrate them into your build process.

  $ git clone git://github.com/LuaDist/lua.git lua
  $ cd lua
  $ mkdir _build && cd _build
  $ cmake .. # or use ccmake or cmake-gui
  $ make install # or cmake --build . --target install

• Most LuaDist modules are not that complex:

  project ( lpeg C )
  cmake_minimum_required ( VERSION 2.6 )
  include ( dist.cmake )
  
  install_lua_module ( lpeg lpeg.c )
  install_lua_module ( re re.lua )
  add_lua_test ( test.lua )
  
  install_doc (  lpeg.html  )
  install_test (  test.lua  ) 

• LuaDist is fully capable package manager that can install LuaJIT, SciTE and other Lua related software.

• Check out our repository!