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# lu9 -- Lua for Plan 9 space lu9 is an umbrella project providing a native Plan 9 port of the Lua library and several other libraries and programs built on top of it. The project is currently comprised of the following: * [lu9](https://git.sr.ht/~kvik/lu9) is a simple Lua interpreter host intended for running standalone Lua programs and interactive usage. It also serves as an example on how to use the Lua library in your own programs. * [lu9-lua](https://git.sr.ht/~kvik/lu9-lua) is a Lua 5.4 library patched to work well within the Plan 9 environment. It does not depend on any other code in this project. Unlike many previous ports it does *NOT* use APE, the POSIX emulation layer, which means that you can use it alongside regular Plan 9 libraries. * [lu9-p9](https://git.sr.ht/~kvik/lu9-p9) is a system interface module providing access to system calls and other useful libc interfaces. It also provides some higher-level interfaces for the most common tasks. * [lu9-lpeg](https://git.sr.ht/~kvik/lu9-lpeg) is a simple port of the LPeg pattern matching module. Check the respective repositories for more information. ## lu9(1) standalone interpreter ### Building and installing Building and installing lu9 is simple: clone this repository and run `mk install`. The build will automatically clone and build all the dependencies. ; git/clone https://git.sr.ht/~kvik/lu9 ; mk install Only lu9 binary and Lua modules get installed into the system. The binary is statically linked so no C libraries have to be installed. The provided `mkfile` can pull any updates to lu9 and its dependencies. ; mk pull ; mk install ### Usage Check the [lu9(1) manual page](http://a-b.xyz/man/1/lu9) for more information. ; man lu9