Questions tagged [lua]

Lua is a scripting language with a focus on extensible semantics. This tag is for questions regarding Lua development on Ubuntu.

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conky-all says it's installing cairo but lua can't find cairo anywhere

I've been trying to get conky to work for awhile now, but I can't seem to make it install cairo properly. What I've done: installed conky-all (sudo apt-get install conky-all) Tried to get a theme ...
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wxLua caused collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

I try to get zerobrane studio running. Unfortunately, I missing wxLua. Therefore, I did the following steps: $ sudo apt install libwxgtk3.0-dev cmake libwxgtk-media3.0-gtk3-dev libwxgtk-media3.0-dev ...
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texlua installed but not working

I've installed Tex Live 2015 following these instructions. When I try to use the script "getnonfreefonts" from the tug website I get these errors: sudo texlua install-getnonfreefonts sudo: texlua: ...
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Vlc http interface keep asking password

I am trying to control vlc from browser or my android phone. I read wiki vlc. And I believe I did everthing right. Enabled Http interface, set a password. But when I go to localhost:8080 browser asks ...
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mpv - How do I slow down ONLY 25fps videos to 24fps? I tried the "autospeed.lua" script but it's doing nothing despite other lua scripts working

Much like how reclock worked on Windows, I want to be able to slow down ONLY 25fps videos to 24fps with the corresponding reduction in audio pitch in order to cancel-out any PAL speed-up (PAL speed-...
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how to compile Lua 5.3.5 shared library?

by default, there is no so file compiled. The default make doesn't support .so how to modify the Makefile to produce a so file? Thanks
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How to install HDF5 version 1.8 on Ubuntu 17.10?

I am working on torch but when I try to run the following command: require 'hdf5' this returns the following error: /home/mobeen/torch/install/share/lua/5.1/hdf5/ffi.lua:71: Unsupported HDF5 ...
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What is the correct folder location for a dissector lua as plugin for wireshark?

I have a lua dissector (xxx.lua) which I normally run on windows under C:\Program Files\Wireshark\plugins\2.2.4 I tried to copy this in Ubuntu 14.04 following various recommendations found online ...
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Install rocks without reloging after 'apt-get install luarocks'

I'm trying to script an install which needs luarocks and a couple of rocks installed. After: sudo apt-get -y install luarocks But before I relog, If I try: luarocks install loadcaffe I get Error: ...
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How to solve this (missing: CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS CUDA_CUDART_LIBRARY) issue?

I am trying to install Torch using this thread And when I tried run ./install.sh which installs LuaJIT, LuaRocks, and then uses LuaRocks (the Lua package manager) to install core packages like a ...
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How to add math library for gcc in docker Image?

I am trying to containerize LuaJIT, a derivative of Ubuntu image. I've installed build-essentials and I am getting the below compiler error saying that I am missing math library. There is already -lm ...
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Lua error for wireshark attempt to index global 'bit' (a function value)

I'm getting this error: Here the packet is not properly decoding on wireshark version 4.0.6 Attached is the packet Frame 3457: 140 bytes on wire (1120 bits), 140 bytes captured (1120 bits) on ...
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Warning on installing CUTORCH about missing dependency files that are there

I am trying to install cuda, torch, cutorch and cudnn on Ubuntu. Cuda and Torch are installed by when I attempt to do luarocks install cutorch. I get a ton of errors. Primarily a stream of this: ...
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mod_lua is missing in 14.04?

Apache is 2.4.7 in the new 14.04 release. Various website and release notes mention that lua via mod_lua became available. There is a lua.load file in /etc/apache2/mods-available, but the ...
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How to correctly open and edit .lua scripts on ubuntu

I'm making a mod for a game, and all the major program files are written in Lua, however when I go to edit them all I see is a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? https://i.stack....
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