$ luarocks install allegro5_luaallegro5 bindings for luajit and lua 5.1/5.2/5.3/5.4/5.5.
Linux/Windows users:
I recommend you to try to install the prebuilt binary.
If you are not using luajit
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua
Or to specify the target lua version with one of the following commands
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua 5.2.11.3luajit2.1
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua 5.2.11.3lua5.5
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua 5.2.11.3lua5.4
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua 5.2.11.3lua5.3
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua 5.2.11.3lua5.2
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua 5.2.11.3lua5.1
Those prebuilt binaries should work on windows and many linux distributions and have been tested on:
- Windows 11
- Ubuntu 22.04
- Ubuntu 24.04
- Ubuntu 26.04
- Debian 11
- Debian 12
- Debian 13
- Fedora 43
- Fedora 44
- Fedora 45
- Almalinux 8
- Almalinux 9
- Almalinux 10
If the prebuilt binary does not work or you want a custom build, then I recommend you to host your own binary rocks by following the instructions at
https://github.com/smbape/lua-allegro5/tree/v0.0.1#hosting-you-own-binary-rocks
Otherwise, follow the instructions at https://github.com/smbape/lua-allegro5/tree/v0.0.1#prerequisites-to-source-rock-install
before attempting to install the source rock with
luarocks install --server=https://github.com/smbape/luarocks-binaries/releases/download/v0.0.1 allegro5_lua 5.2.11.3