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Network support for the Lua language

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Installation via luarocks

LuaSocket can be easily installed using LuaRocks, the Lua package manager.

Installing via LuaRocks

Run the following command in your terminal:

luarocks install luasocket

Verification

To verify that LuaSocket is installed correctly, open Lua and run:

   local socket = require("socket")
   print(socket._VERSION)
    

If you see output like LuaSocket 3.0, the installation was successful.

More Information

For more details, visit the LuaSocket GitHub repository.