Luabind - Unable to find Lua library

Question

I am trying to compile Luabind for my project with little success. I have the lua directory (containing src, the makefile etc) as a sibling of luabind. I have LUA_PATH set to the /my/dirs/lua folder. I am running OSX Server 10.4.

When I go into luabind and type bjam i get the error:

error: at Jamroot:101
error: *** Unable to find Lua Library

If I set LUA_PATH to an incorrect directory the error is at line 73 (Unable to determine Lua include directory).

I have loosely followed this tutorial: http://cfc.kizzx2.com/index.php/building-luabind-on-mac-os-x/

Answer 1

I just encountered the same problem as you.

Im running Mageia 3.

Inside the Jamroot I noticed that it used local lib = $(prefix)/lib ; to specify the path. In my machine, the path where LUA was installed is /lib64. I changed and it worked.

Check the file and see if it correspond with your system. I noticed that not only the path was hardcoded, but the LUA library version as well.

Yeah, I know your system use MAC and that this post is from 2012.. I just hope this answer can help anyone that end up with this, or similar problem.