where xxx
  is your platform name.
<P>
  If your platform is not listed, try the closest one or posix, generic,
  ansi, in this order.
<P>
<LI>
The compilation takes only a few moments
and produces three files in the <TT>src</TT> directory:
lua (the interpreter),
luac (the compiler),
and liblua.a (the library).
<P>
<LI>
  To check that Lua has been built correctly, do "<KBD>make test</KBD>"
  after building Lua. This will run the interpreter and print its version string.
</OL>
<P>
If you're running Linux an