How to Install Lua on Windows, macOS and Linux

The easiest modern way to install Lua is through your operating system’s package manager.
You should also install LuaRocks, which is the standard package manager for Lua libraries.

Windows

Recommended: Winget

Open Command Prompt or PowerShell:

winget install DEVCOM.Lua

Also download LuaRocks for Windows from the releases and run “luarocks.exe”.

Verify installation:

lua -v
luarocks --version

macOS

Recommended: Homebrew

Install using Homebrew:

brew install lua luarocks

Verify installation:

lua -v
luarocks --version

Linux

Ubuntu / Debian

sudo apt update
sudo apt install lua5.4 luarocks

Fedora

sudo dnf install lua luarocks

Arch Linux

sudo pacman -S lua luarocks

Verify installation:

lua -v
luarocks --version

Install Lua Package

Example:

luarocks install luasocket

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Run Lua

Create a file:

hello.lua

Add:

print("Hello, World!")

Run it:

lua hello.lua

That’s it.

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