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title: Building
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# Requirements

## Lua >= 5.1
Lsyncd depends on Lua 5.1 or greater. that is Lua 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3. For Lua versions beyond 5.1 you need an update Lsnycd version. For most distributions you need to install the liblua??, the liblua??-dev and the lua?? package, with ?? being the respective Lua version.

## cmake >= 2.8

To configure Lsyncd to your system, cmake >= 2.8 is required

## rsync >= 3.0
During runtime Lsyncd needs rsync > 3.0 installed both on source and target systems.

# Compiling

With these requirements fulfilled building Lsyncd should be a straight forward process. Unpack the downloaded tar.gz file and run:

{% highlight shell %}
cmake .
make
sudo make install
{% endhighlight %}