gcc error on trying to compile lua file - gcc

Question

I am trying to create executable from lua file using following method:
I use bintocee utility (from: http://lua-users.org/wiki/BinToCee) to convert myfile.lua to code.c . I then use following main.c (from: Creating standalone Lua executables)
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "lua.h"
#include "lauxlib.h"
#include "lualib.h"
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int i;
lua_State *L = luaL_newstate();
luaL_openlibs(L);
lua_newtable(L);
for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
lua_pushnumber(L, i);
lua_pushstring(L, argv[i]);
lua_rawset(L, -3);
}
lua_setglobal(L, "arg");
#include "code.c"
lua_close(L);
return 0;
}
Then I give command:
gcc main.c -o myfile.exe
However, I get following error:
/tmp/ccyIOC0O.o: In function `main':
main.c:(.text+0x21): undefined reference to `luaL_newstate'
main.c:(.text+0x2f): undefined reference to `luaL_openlibs'
main.c:(.text+0x41): undefined reference to `lua_createtable'
main.c:(.text+0x62): undefined reference to `lua_pushnumber'
main.c:(.text+0x82): undefined reference to `lua_pushstring'
main.c:(.text+0x92): undefined reference to `lua_rawset'
main.c:(.text+0xb7): undefined reference to `lua_setfield'
main.c:(.text+0xd5): undefined reference to `luaL_loadbuffer'
main.c:(.text+0xea): undefined reference to `lua_pcall'
main.c:(.text+0xf8): undefined reference to `lua_close'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
I am working on Linux Debian Stable (updated). Where is the problem and how can this be solved? Thanks for your help.

Answer 1

Since you installed liblua-5.1-dev, I assume you are on Debian or a derivative. There, you have to link with -llua5.1, like this:
gcc -O2 -Wall -I/usr/include/lua5.1 main.c -llua5.1