How to compile LuaFileSystem library and get .dll file WITHOUT luarocks?

Question

So, I got file "lfs.c" "lfs.h" "lfs.def" and ".gitignore". I tried installing MinGW and typing in that command: gcc lfs.c (Keep in mind that I'm a total newbie in such things), which leaves me with error "failed to include lua.h"... I don't know how to do that, can anyone please explain to me how to do that? Or at least give me the link to already compiled lfs.dll?

Answer 1

You are likely to be missing Lua include files; see this SO answer for details on how to set it up.

Simply getting lfs.dll may not be so easy as different DLLs may depends on different Lua DLLs on Windows. I have lfs.dll that is compiled against Lua51.dll, so if this works for your project/needs, you can get a compiled version here.