- download a binary eLua image for the platform of your choice. Binary images are provided with each official release. This is generally the best option if you have a
board that's officially supported by eLua (see link:status.html[here] for details) and you want to have eLua up and running on your board as quickly as possible.
- download the source code to build eLua yourself. You can either download the source code of an official release or get the "bleeding edge" version from the link:http://git-scm.com/[Git] repository.
Download the source code instead of a binary image if you need to make adjustments to the source code to support your board, or if you want to customize the eLua image,
or if you simply want to take a look at what happens behind the _eLua#_ prompt :)
[[binaries]]
Binary images
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Pre-built images of eLua can be downloaded for each official release. Only the latest official eLua release is covered in this paragraph. If you want to download a
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Choose the corresponding image file from the table below, flash it into your board, connect a serial terminal (or Ethernet if you board supports it) and enjoy eLua. +
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If you need a customized binary image for an already supported platform (for example with an autorun program, with some code of yours in the file system, with your LAN IP settings)
and the link:building.html[instructions for building eLua] didn't work for you, feel free to ask for one in https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/elua-dev[our discussion
list] explaining what you need. We may find some time to build one for you and eventually make it available here too. Alternatively you can try our
http://builder.eluaproject.net[web builder service] that makes building an eLua image much easier.
Latest official release binaries
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To understand what's in a file name (for example _elua_lualong_lm3s8962.bin_) check our link:building.html[building eLua] page.
NOTE: __Lua number type__ refers to the built Lua interpreter number type, float or integer, as explained in the link:building.html[building eLua] page.
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Source code
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If all you want is to take a quick peek at eLua's source code, but you don't need to download it, it's probably enough to use the
- if you don't have an account on https://github.com/[GitHub] and you plan to contribute with code for the project, please link:https://github.com/signup/free[create one].
