Build Lua 5.2.2 in Windows

Question

I already have Lua For Windows installed but as I read about the latest version of Lua which is 5.2.2, I noticed that Lua For Windows is using an old version of Lua which is 5.1.

I want to build the latest lua version to my windows 7 pc, but I don't quite get the idea on how I can build it. I already read this too Detailed Instruction for installing Lua. Do i need to remove the Lua For Windows ? please give me links how I can build it? what are the necessary tools to build the last lua source code.

Note: please also tell how can I test a source on it.

Answer 1

Lua binaries are hosted on sourceforge. You don't need to remove Lua for Windows. What I do on my installation of LFW is, I overwrite the lua.exe and lua.dll with the respective 5.2.* files from the binaries I downloaded.

PS: Sourceforge hasn't been updated with 5.2.2 release of Lua and is still at version 5.2.1. If you want to build, you'll find the similar question that greatwolf has linked to.

Answer 2

Compiling lua on Windows using Visual Studio is as simple as:

1. Downloading a copy of the lua source code and extracting it
2. Opening a Visual Studio Developer Command Prompt and navigating to the 'src' directory
3. Run this command: move luac.c .. & cl *.c -o lua.exe /O1