Installing on Amazon Linux

Commands for installing into a fresh amazon linux image: (get one locally to practice with via docker: docker run -h -i -t --rm ambakshi/amazon-linux:2016.03 bash)

cd 
yum install lua-devel unzip gcc openssl-devel m4 ca-certificates
curl -L -O https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks/archive/v2.4.2.tar.gz
tar -xzvf v2.4.2.tar.gz 
cd luarocks-2.4.2/
./configure
make bootstrap
luarocks install http

Don't forget to eval $(luarocks path) to set up lua paths.