lua5.1 software package provides Simple, extensible, embeddable programming 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 lua5.1
lua5.1 is installed in your system.
Make ensure the lua5.1 package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep lua5.1 *
You will get with lua5.1 package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Interpreters |
| Package | lua5.1 |
| Version | 5.1.5-5ubuntu0.1 [amd64, i386] |
| Description | Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language |
| Sub Section | Interpreters |