lua-socket-dev software package provides TCP/UDP socket library for the Lua language, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install lua-socket-dev
lua-socket-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the lua-socket-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lua-socket-dev *
You will get with lua-socket-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | lua-socket-dev |
| Version | 3.0~rc1-3 |
| Description | TCP/UDP socket library for the Lua language |
| Sub Section | libdevel |