Install lua5.1 by entering the following commands in the terminal:
sudo apt update sudo apt install lua5.1
Description:
Simple, extensible, embeddable programming language
Lua is a powerful, light-weight programming language designed for extending applications. The language engine is accessible as a library, having a C API which allows the application to exchange data with Lua programs and also to extend Lua with C functions. Lua is also used as a general-purpose, stand-alone language through the simple command line interpreter provided. . This package contains the Lua command line interpreter and bytecode compiler. Install it if you are developing or using Lua scripts.
Homepage: http://www.lua.org
Version: 5.1.5-8.1build2
Section: universe/interpreters