安装lua:
[root@web ~]# wget http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.2.0.tar.gz
[root@web ~]# tar zxf lua-5.2.0.tar.gz 
[root@web ~]# cd lua-5.2.0
[root@web lua-5.2.0]# vim Makefile 
修改:
INSTALL_TOP= /usr/local/lua
 
[root@web lua-5.2.0]# make
Please do 'make PLATFORM' where PLATFORM is one of these:
   aix ansi bsd freebsd generic linux macosx mingw posix solaris
See doc/readme.html for complete instructions.
#执行make,会提示让你输入make 系统平台
 
[root@web lua-5.2.0]# make linux
[root@web lua-5.2.0]# make install
 
[root@web ~]# /usr/local/lua/bin/lua
Lua 5.2.0  Copyright (C) 1994-2011 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
 
 
错误:
gcc -O2 -Wall -DLUA_COMPAT_ALL -DLUA_USE_LINUX    -c -o lua.o lua.c
lua.c:67:31: error: readline/readline.h: No such file or directory
lua.c:68:30: error: readline/history.h: No such file or directory
lua.c: In function ‘pushline’:
lua.c:271: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘readline’
lua.c:271: warning: assignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
lua.c: In function ‘loadline’:
lua.c:301: warning: implicit declaration of function ‘add_history’
make[2]: *** [lua.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/lua-5.2.0/src'
make[1]: *** [linux] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/lua-5.2.0/src'
make: *** [linux] Error 2
 
解决:yum install -y readline-devel ncurses-devel