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https://github.com/ers35/luastatic
Build a standalone executable from a Lua program.
https://github.com/ers35/luastatic
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Build a standalone executable from a Lua program.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/ers35/luastatic
- Owner: ers35
- License: cc0-1.0
- Created: 2015-10-24T19:51:53.000Z (about 9 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2023-10-28T13:25:11.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-10-12T08:21:06.778Z (28 days ago)
- Topics: lua
- Language: Lua
- Homepage:
- Size: 362 KB
- Stars: 774
- Watchers: 23
- Forks: 41
- Open Issues: 11
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: readme.md
- License: license.txt
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README
`luastatic` is a command line tool that builds a standalone executable from a Lua
program. The executable runs on systems that do not have Lua installed. Lua 5.1, 5.2,
5.3, 5.4, and LuaJIT are supported.
## Install
Run luastatic.lua or install from [LuaRocks](http://luarocks.org/modules/ers35/luastatic).
## Usage
```
luastatic main.lua[1] require.lua[2] liblua.a[3] library.a[4] -I/include/lua[5] [6]
[1]: The entry point to the Lua program
[2]: One or more required Lua source files
[3]: The path to the Lua interpreter static library
[4]: One or more static libraries for a required Lua binary module
[5]: The path to the directory containing lua.h
[6]: Additional arguments are passed to the C compiler
```
## Examples
### Single Lua file
`luastatic main.lua /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.2.a -I/usr/include/lua5.2`
### Embed library.lua for require("library")
`luastatic main.lua library.lua /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.2.a -I/usr/include/lua5.2`
### C library containing luaopen_()
`luastatic main.lua library.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua5.2.a -I/usr/include/lua5.2`
### Dynamically link with Lua
`luastatic main.lua -llua5.2 -I/usr/include/lua5.2`
### Statically link with musl libc
`CC=musl-gcc luastatic main.lua /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-musl/liblua5.2.a -I/usr/include/lua5.2 -static`
### Cross compile for Windows
`CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc luastatic main.lua /usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/liblua5.2.a -I/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include/lua5.2/`
### LuaJIT 2.0.4 on Ubuntu 16.10
`luastatic main.lua /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libluajit-5.1.a -I/usr/include/luajit-2.0 -no-pie`
### LuaJIT on macOS
`luastatic main.lua /opt/local/lib/libluajit-5.1.a -I/opt/local/include/luajit-2.0 -pagezero_size 10000 -image_base 100000000`
### Generate the C file but don't compile it
`CC="" luastatic main.lua`
### Lua using Homebrew
```sh
# Install Lua and LuaRocks from Homebrew.
brew install lua luarocks
# Install luastatic from LuaRocks.
luarocks install luastatic
# Build using the Homebrew installation path.
luastatic main.lua $(brew --prefix lua)/lib/liblua.a -I$(brew --prefix lua)/include/lua
```
See another example at [Lua.Space](http://lua.space/tools/build-a-standalone-executable).
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