Installing Lua socket library

Question

Either I'm overtired or blind. I want to learn networking with Lua and therefore I have to install the socket lib, so I can require it easily, but I don't know, which files I should "require". The example says:

local socket = require("socket")

but as I said, I don't know which files I should include, if I use socket.lua it doesn't work and I get: No files found.

I got the lib from here: Lua socket download

Or, is there another way to install the socket lib?

Answer 1

use this command on your linux system :

#luarocks install luasocket

the use the next command to see the paths CONFIGURATION

#luarocks 

You need to use default linux account (see: CONFIGURATION) :

$lua 
> socket = require ("socket")

or use this:

> socket = require 'socket'