Compiling LfW libraries

[Marc Assin]

Hi,

Although chances are this forum is dead, i'll try.

I'm willing to compile the Lua libraires under gcc Windows, but the packages are without the makefile. Anyone having a sample makefile for any Lua library and willing to share it ? I tried to adapt the Linux makefile, but ..... I got lost   Thank you   Raymond

[RJP Computing]

Hi Marc,

That is the main reason Lua for Windows only relied on prebuilt modules. Because I had problems building them.

You can look at any of the Makefiles from lhf modules: http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/index.html

They are normally simple and well written.

I would also suggest using LuaRocks. It seems to be supported in many/most modules.

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Regards,

Ryan

[Peter Drahoš]

Hello Marc,
all LuaDist packages contain CMakeLists.txt which are used by the CMake tool to generate platform specific makefiles or IDE projects etc. Generally you just need to run CMake[1], for example:

> cd any_luadist_module
> # Make a build dir so sources are left alone
> mkdir _build && cd _build
> # Tell CMake to use CMakeLists.txt from the sources and generate MinGW makefiles. Also set destination prefix for install
> cmake .. -G”MinGW Makefiles” -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../_install
> # Build the project and install. Alternatively you can call “make”/“make install"
> cmake —build . —target install

Without all dependencies present CMake will complain that the build in incomplete and you have to provide all the dependencies yourself while pointing cmake to the files using -D[VARIABLE]=[VALUE] notation similar to the CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX setting.

Ideally you should use the “luadist” tool that comes with the luadist binaries as it greatly simplifies this. The tool needs CMake and a supported compiler to be installed on the host but compared to the above process it will automatically install all dependencies also.

> # The basic use case is
> luadist [destination_path] install [module_names]
> # for example installing Lua5.2 and lfs, luasocket modules from source only is as simple as running
> luadist C:/Lua-5.2 install lua-5.2 luafilesystem luasocket —source=true —binary=false

For more information please check out the wiki[2].

pd

[1] www.cmake.org
[2] https://github.com/LuaDist/Repository/wiki

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[Marc Assin]

Le lundi 14 septembre 2015 16:35:04 UTC+2, RJP Computing a écrit :

You can look at any of the Makefiles from lhf modules: http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/index.html

 Hi Ryan,

Thank you for the pointer, looks good

Raymond