How to configure a build with Lua

Question

Thanks for your answer. So, I am trying to build Wireshark from source, but I have a problem with the Lua version:

./configure --with-lua

<snip> checking for LUA… no checking for the location of lua.h… /usr/include checking the Lua version… 5.3 - disabling Lua support configure: error: Lua support was requested, but is not available

Do I need to replace my Lua install with a version <5.3?

If yes, how can I do that?

Accepted Answer

I succeeded in building Wireshark 2.0.5 with Lua 5.3 by installing patch:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/patches/blfs/svn/wireshark-2.0.5-lua_5_3_1-1.patch

mentioned here:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/basicnet/wireshark.html

using:

patch -p1 < wireshark-2.0.5-lua_5_3_1-1.patch

and then invoking:

./configure --with-lua

Answer 2

Yes LUA 5.3 is not supported check if there is a package for LUA 5.2 available for your system sudo zypper se lua