Re: Lua on mac

[Mason Mackaman <masondeanm@...>]

I think this worked, thanks. How do I make myself the admin so I don't have to use sudo every time?
On Oct 11, 2013, at 5:43 PM, Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@trms.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:27 PM, Mason Mackaman <masondeanm@aol.com> wrote:
>> okay, I've figured out a lot, and I want to install lua, but I don't have the permissions. How do I get them?
> 
> Hi Mason,
> 
> On the Mac, administrator access is required in order to place files
> in the /usr/local/ directory. This isn't the case on many other
> systems, so the instructions are sometimes unclear about this fact.
> 
> Assuming that you have a normal Mac user account (and not a restricted
> one), then in terminal:
> 
> 1: type `make`
> 
> 2: type `sudo make install`
> 
> 3: It will ask you for your password. Enter the password that you use
> to log into your Mac.
> 
> That should do it. `sudo` means `make me a pseudo-superuser for just
> this one command.` Perhaps it's a misspelling of `pseudo` or it means
> `superuser-do`...
> 
> Anyway. I highly recommend homebrew[1] if this doesn't work.
> 
> -Andrew
> 
> [1] http://brew.sh/
>