I am trying to compile VLC for Linux. When I run the configure script, I am getting the error message
configure: error: Could not find lua. Lua is needed for some interfaces (rc, telnet, http) as well as many other custom scripts. Use --disable-lua to ignore this error.
I have lua on my system. I ran lua -v and got
Lua 5.1.4 Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
whereis lua gives
/usr/bin/lua /usr/lib/lua /usr/share/lua /usr/share/man/man1/lua.1.gz
Which looks to be a standard location. Any ideas on why configure isn't picking up lua?
As mentioned by Not_a_Golfer, you need Lua header/library files
On Debian based
$ apt-get install lua5.2 liblua5.2-dev
Worked for me
来源：https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9925363/compiling-vlc-on-linux-error-couldnt-find-lua