Use luajit instead of lua. diff -u -r ../luarocks-2.1.2/Makefile ./Makefile --- ../luarocks-2.1.2/Makefile 2014-01-10 20:03:03.000000000 +0100 +++ ./Makefile 2014-07-09 02:51:43.896335398 +0200 @@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ for f in $(BIN_FILES) ;\ do \ mv src/bin/$$f src/bin/$$f.bak ;\ - sed "s,^#!.*lua.*,#!/usr/bin/env lua,;/^package.path/d" < src/bin/$$f.bak > src/bin/$$f ;\ + sed "s,^#!.*lua.*,#!/usr/bin/env luajit,;/^package.path/d" < src/bin/$$f.bak > src/bin/$$f ;\ chmod +x src/bin/$$f ;\ rm -f src/bin/$$f.bak ;\ done