No package 'lua' found but i have it installed

Question

I'm trying to install Lsyncd on Ubuntu 10.4 LTS but i get some error :

> checking for LUA... no checking for
> LUA... no checking for LUA...
> configure: error: Package requirements
> (lua >= 5.1.3) were not met:
> 
> No package 'lua' found
> 
> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH
> environment variable if you installed
> software in a non-standard prefix.
> 
> Alternatively, you may set the
> environment variables LUA_CFLAGS and
> LUA_LIBS to avoid the need to call
> pkg-config. See the pkg-config man
> page for more details.

Or I know I have Lua installed :

# lua -v
Lua 5.1.4  Copyright (C) 1994-2008 Lua.org, PUC-Rio

I read on several forums that I need a lua.pc file but i can't find it. Does anyone know how to proceed?

Thank you

EDIT : SOLVED

Some packages were missing ;)

apt-get install liblua5.1-0-dev liblua50-dev liblualib50-dev

Answer 1

If compiling software yourself, you should install not only the runtime (lua5.1) but also the development packages (liblua5.1-0-dev). That package contains the lua5.1.pc file.

It's also in the lua source distribution.