Lua is easy enough to install that you can easily do it remotely. I don’t do 
anything with Windows, so I don’t know how you would get access to run 
commands remotely, but it’s easy enough that you could do it entirely 
remotely.

On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:55:18 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> I agree, but I won't be allowed to. I'll be called in to fix a problem.
> Parked at the machine with the problem, find the problem, create a
> script to fix it, and then need to distribute it to other
> people/machines that have the same problem.
> 
> --Will
> 
> On 12/6/2016 7:51 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> > While this isn’t the right list to discuss this on, it’s not hard to
> > install Lua and it’s not hard to put a script on a machine.
> > 
> > On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:50:57 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >> Unfortunately, that requires Lua to be on each machine or distributed
> >> with the bytecode file. Both of these are showstoppers for me because
> >> it's too easy to get the pieces separated. I was hoping for the single
> >> file solution.
> >> 
> >> --Will
> >> 
> >> On 12/6/2016 7:39 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>> You can accomplish that with regular Lua. Instead of running `lua
> >>> myFile.lua`, compile `luac myFile.lua`. That will generate a file called
> >>> ‘luac.out’ containing Lua bytecode. You can run that code with `lua`.
> >>> 
> >>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:34:14 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>> I was looking at Terra as a way to create sort of executable Lua
> >>>> scripts
> >>>> that I could create on arbitrary Windows machines and then distribute
> >>>> to
> >>>> other Windows machines as needed. A way to bundle Lua in a nice self
> >>>> contained manner from, for example, a flash drive. A way to create non
> >>>> tamperable scripts, so to speak.
> >>>> 
> >>>> --Will
> >>>> 
> >>>> On 12/6/2016 7:26 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>> If you want to use Terra,  you want to interact with C. You’d be
> >>>>> calling
> >>>>> C
> >>>>> library functions, and compiled Terra libraries are compatible with C.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> LLVM is already part of Terra, don’t worry about LLVM. LLVM does not
> >>>>> come
> >>>>> with Visual Studio 2013. You just have to have that installed to
> >>>>> compile
> >>>>> your own executables or libraries.
> >>>>> 
> >>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:25:54 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>> Thought that was referring to if I wanted to interact with C, which I
> >>>>>> don't.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> LLMV is not a default part of Windows but may well come with Visual
> >>>>>> Studio 2013. Have not idea though.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Well I guess that explains things. Bummer. Was hoping Terra was
> >>>>>> complete
> >>>>>> and stand alone.
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> Thanks for the help.
> >>>>>> --Will
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> On 12/6/2016 7:20 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hmm, from the “Getting Started” page: "for Windows you need a copy
> >>>>>>> of
> >>>>>>> Microsoft Visual Studio 2013 installed”
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> So it does use Windows headers and libs, it seems.
> >>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:19:17 PM EST [email protected] 
wrote:
> >>>>>>>> It’s not paths, and LLVM is on Windows. Terra uses LLVM. I don’t
> >>>>>>>> think
> >>>>>>>> you
> >>>>>>>> need to install LLVM separately though, did you install Terra?
> >>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 7:19:34 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>>>> Path is not it. Just tried a couple.
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> Still seems that calling saveobj wants to call LLVM, which is not
> >>>>>>>>> on
> >>>>>>>>> Windows. (llvm: program not executable message on saveobj.)
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> --Will
> >>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 7:02 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>> You don’t 'install C’, don’t worry about that. You should have
> >>>>>>>>>> everything
> >>>>>>>>>> you need installed with Terra itself. Are you sure you got the
> >>>>>>>>>> same
> >>>>>>>>>> error? I just ran exactly what you sent, and it compiled
> >>>>>>>>>> perfectly.
> >>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>> I will say that you’ll want to use printf to show your output,
> >>>>>>>>>> unless
> >>>>>>>>>> your
> >>>>>>>>>> goal is to return the number of arguments + 1.
> >>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:58:24 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>> The example on the first page assumes C is installed. I don't
> >>>>>>>>>>> have
> >>>>>>>>>>> C
> >>>>>>>>>>> installed. That's the question I suppose ... do I need to have a
> >>>>>>>>>>> C
> >>>>>>>>>>> compiler installed?
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> --Will
> >>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 6:45 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>> Try using a terra function that takes (argc : int, argv :
> >>>>>>>>>>>> &rawstring).
> >>>>>>>>>>>> The
> >>>>>>>>>>>> main method takes an int, the number of arguments, and an array
> >>>>>>>>>>>> of
> >>>>>>>>>>>> that
> >>>>>>>>>>>> many strings.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>> This is comparable to the C main method.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>> There is a great example of this on the main page of
> >>>>>>>>>>>> http://terralang.org/.
> >>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:43:40 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Lots of them:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> For example when I type into the REPL
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> terra addone(a : int)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>          return a + 1
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> end
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> the function is created.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> typing print(addone(2)) shows the correct answer.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> then typing terralib.saveobj("addone",{main=addone}) gives:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> llvm: program not executable
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> and a stack trace to saveobj
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> (Other error messages are on the other thread I'm on. All seem
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> be
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> about not finding things I'm now thinking would be in a C
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> library
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> or
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> such.)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Just tried terralib.saveObj(...) in case there's a case
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> sensitivity
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> issue. Got error message:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> [string "stdin"]:1: attempt to call field 'saveObj' (a nil
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> value)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> stack traceback:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>                [string "stdin"]:1: in main chunk
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> --Will
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 12/6/2016 6:33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It would help if you could tell us the error.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 6:33:55 PM EST Will Rubin wrote:
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hmmm ... just can't get an executable out of Terra. I'm on
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Windows
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not Linux. Default Windows system. Unzipped Terra as per the
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> documentation. Can get some of the REPL examples to work. As
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> soon
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> as
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> try terralib.saveobj("MyExecutable",{ main = myMain }) I get
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> error.
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do I need to have a C compiler or such installed in order to
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> create
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> an
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> executable?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --Will
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