当前最新版本为 5.3.5.
# 下载并解压 lua
wget -c http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
tar xzf lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
# 安装所需的库
sudo apt -y install libreadline5
sudo apt -y install libreadline-gplv2-dev
# 编译 lua 并安装
make linux
sudo make install
# 查看是否安装成功
$ lua -v
Lua 5.3.5 Copyright (C) 1994-2018 Lua.org, PUC-Rio
# 删除下载的文件
cd ..
rm lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
rm -rf lua-5.3.5