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Asked: 2026-05-21T02:42:16+00:00

Can someone list the steps I would need to take to put a lua

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Can someone list the steps I would need to take to put a lua file (theclass.lua) somewhere on my system so that I can do this:

require 'theclass'

and the compiler will find it without having to copy theclass into every directory?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The list of places you may put it is part if the error message you receive:

    ~ e$ lua
Lua 5.1.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
> require 'theclass'
stdin:1: module 'theclass' not found:
no field package.preload['theclass']
no file './theclass.lua'
no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/theclass.lua'
no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/theclass/init.lua'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/theclass.lua'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/theclass/init.lua'
no file './theclass.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/theclass.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'require'
stdin:1: in main chunk
[C]: ?
>

    Lua consults at least three places for the list of directories to search:

    The C LUA_PATH in the configuration header

    The Lua global LUA_PATH

    The environment variable LUA_PATH

    See PiL

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