A simple script to install Lua and Luarocks from source in a custom dir

install-lua-luarocks-on-macos.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This scripts installs Lua, LuaRocks, and some Lua libraries on macOS.
# The main purpose is to install Busted for testing Neovim plugins.
# After the installation, you will be able to run test using busted:
#   busted --lua nlua spec/mytest_spec.lua

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# Dependencies
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xcode-select --install

# Lua Directory: where Lua and Luarocks will be installed
# You can change installation location by changing this variable
LUA_DIR="$HOME/Developer/lua"

mkdir -p $LUA_DIR

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# Lua
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# Download and Extract Lua Sources
cd /tmp
rm -rf lua-5.1.5.*
wget https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.5.tar.gz
LUA_SHA='2640fc56a795f29d28ef15e13c34a47e223960b0240e8cb0a82d9b0738695333'
shasum -a 256 lua-5.1.5.tar.gz | grep -q $LUA_SHA && echo "Hash matches" || echo "Hash don't match"
tar xvf lua-5.1.5.tar.gz
cd lua-5.1.5/

# Modify Makefile to set destination dir
sed -i '' "s#/usr/local#${LUA_DIR}/#g" Makefile

# Compile and install Lua
make macosx
make test && make install

# Export PATHs
export PATH="$PATH:$LUA_DIR/bin"
export LUA_CPATH="$LUA_DIR/lib/lua/5.1/?.so"
export LUA_PATH="$LUA_DIR/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;;"
export MANPATH="$LUA_DIR/share/man:$MANPATH"

# Verify Lua Installation
which lua
echo "Expected Output:"
echo "  ${LUA_DIR}/bin/lua"
lua -v
echo 'Expected Output:'
echo '  Lua 5.1.5  Copyright (C) 1994-2012 Lua.org, PUC-Rio'
file ${LUA_DIR}/bin/lua
echo "Expected Output (on Apple Silicon):"
echo "  ${LUA_DIR}/bin/lua: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64"

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# LuaRocks
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# Download and Extract LuaRocks Sources
cd /tmp
rm -rf luarocks-3.9.1.*
wget https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-3.9.1.tar.gz
tar xvf luarocks-3.9.1.tar.gz
cd luarocks-3.9.1/

# Configure LuaRocks installation
./configure --prefix="${LUA_DIR}" --with-lua="${LUA_DIR}" --with-lua-include="${LUA_DIR}/include" --lua-suffix=5.1

# Compile and install LuaRocks
make build && make install

# Export PATHs
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.luarocks/bin"

# Verify LuaRocks installation
luarocks --version
echo 'Expected Output: '
echo "  ${LUA_DIR}/bin/luarocks 3.9.1"
echo "  LuaRocks main command-line interface"

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# LuaSec (with luarocks)
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# Ensure OpenSSL is installed - for example via Homebrew: `brew install openssl`

# Add external dependencies directory to LuaRocks config
echo 'external_deps_dirs = { "/opt/homebrew" }' >>"${LUA_DIR}/etc/luarocks/config-5.1.lua"

# Find the latest version of OpenSSL
OPENSSL_PREFIX=$(brew --prefix openssl@3)
OPENSSL_INCDIR="${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/include"
OPENSSL_LIBDIR="${OPENSSL_PREFIX}/lib"

# Install LuaSec rock
luarocks --local install luasec \
  OPENSSL_INCDIR=$OPENSSL_INCDIR \
  OPENSSL_LIBDIR=$OPENSSL_LIBDIR

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# nlua (with luarocks)
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# Install nlua rock
luarocks --local install nlua

# Verify nlua installation
echo "print(1 + 2)" | nlua
echo 'Expected Output: '
echo '  3'

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# Busted (with luarocks)
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# Install busted rock
luarocks --local install busted

# Export PATHs
eval $(luarocks path --no-bin)

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# post-installation
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echo '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
echo "Add the following lines to .bashrc or .zshrc"
echo ''
echo '# Lua'
echo "export LUA_DIR=${LUA_DIR}"
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:${LUA_DIR}/bin"'
echo 'export LUA_CPATH="${LUA_DIR}/lib/lua/5.1/?.so"'
echo 'export LUA_PATH="${LUA_DIR}/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;;"'
echo 'export MANPATH="${LUA_DIR}/share/man:$MANPATH"'
echo ''
echo '# LuaRocks'
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.luarocks/bin"'
echo 'eval $(luarocks path --no-bin)'

uninstall-lua-luarocks-on-macos.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This scripts uninstalls Lua and LuaRocks from macOS installed by install.sh

# Lua Directory: where Lua and Luarocks are be installed
# You can change installation location by changing this variable
LUA_DIR="$HOME/Developer/lua"

################################################################################
# Lua
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# Download and Extract Lua Sources
cd /tmp
wget https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.1.5.tar.gz
LUA_SHA='2640fc56a795f29d28ef15e13c34a47e223960b0240e8cb0a82d9b0738695333'
shasum -a 256 lua-5.1.5.tar.gz | grep -q $LUA_SHA && echo "Hash matches" || echo "Hash don't match"
tar xvf lua-5.1.5.tar.gz
cd lua-5.1.5/

# Modify Makefile to set destination dir
sed -i '' "s#/usr/local#${LUA_DIR}/#g" Makefile

# Compile and install Lua
make macosx
make test && make uninstall

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# LuaRocks
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# Download and Extract LuaRocks Sources
cd /tmp
wget https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-3.9.1.tar.gz
tar xvf luarocks-3.9.1.tar.gz
cd luarocks-3.9.1/

# Configure LuaRocks installation
./configure \
  --prefix=${LUA_DIR} \
  --with-lua=${LUA_DIR} \
  --with-lua-include=${LUA_DIR}/include \
  --lua-suffix=5.1

# Compile and install LuaRocks
make build && make uninstall

rm -rf "$HOME/.luarocks"

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# Remove directories
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rm -rf "$LUA_DIR"
rm -rf "$HOME/.luarocks"

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# Post Unistallation
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echo ''
echo '--------------------------------------------------------------------------------'
echo "Remove the following lines from .bashrc or .zshrc"
echo ''
echo '# Lua'
echo "export LUA_DIR=${LUA_DIR}"
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:${LUA_DIR}/bin"'
echo 'export LUA_CPATH="${LUA_DIR}/lib/lua/5.1/?.so"'
echo 'export LUA_PATH="${LUA_DIR}/share/lua/5.1/?.lua;;"'
echo 'export MANPATH="${LUA_DIR}/share/man:$MANPATH"'
echo ''
echo '# LuaRocks'
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.luarocks/bin"'
echo 'eval $(luarocks path --no-bin)'