compiling an older (0.7) version of Löve

[Saegor]

hi everyone !

i try to compile the source of Löve 0.7 (to try older versions of .love files) but i got an error in the end of configure

checking dynamic linker characteristics... GNU/Linux ld.so
checking how to hardcode library paths into programs... immediate
checking for library containing sqrt... -lm
checking for library containing SDL_Init... -lSDL
checking for library containing glLoadIdentity... -lGL
checking for library containing alSourcePlay... -lopenal
checking for library containing lua_pcall... no
configure: error: Can't LÖVE without Lua

i don't understand this because i have 0.8 installed (by ppa) so depedencies are ok (synaptic says lua is 5.1.4-10)
maybe lua must be in an older state... i don't know

hope you can help me. thanks in advance for this !

ps : of course, you noticed it, english is not my native langage
but i understand better than i can speak

[Dattorz]

When you install dependencies to run a program, you're usually just installing the shared library files (.so). When you want to compile software that uses these libraries, you need extra development files - these are typically header files that provide the definitions needed for the compiler step to complete. Some distros keep these in separate packages. In Ubuntu's case you'll want to install 'liblua5.1-0-dev'.

[Saegor]

you are right !

libdevil-dev, libmng-dev, libphysicsfs-dev, libmodplug-dev and libmpg123-dev were also missing by the same way...


thanks man !