all relevant distros use luajit 2.1, so update accordingly

Author: HeliumAnt

.github/workflows/meson.yml

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update -yq
-          sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends wget liballegro4-dev libloadpng4-dev libflac++-dev luajit-5.1-dev libminizip-dev liblz4-dev libpng++-dev libx11-dev libboost-dev
+          sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends wget liballegro4-dev libloadpng4-dev libflac++-dev luajit-5.1-dev liblua5.2-dev libminizip-dev liblz4-dev libpng++-dev libx11-dev libboost-dev
 
       - name: Install Clang
         # You may pin to the exact commit or the version.

README.md

@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ If you want to change the buildtype afterwards, you can use `meson configure --b
 `# pacman -S allegro4 boost flac luajit lua52 minizip lz4 libpng libx11 xorg-xmessage meson ninja base-devel`
 
 **Ubuntu >=20.04:**  
-`# apt-get install build-essential libboost-dev liballegro4-dev libloadpng4-dev libflac++-dev luajit-5.1-dev libminizip-dev liblz4-dev libpng++-dev libx11-dev ninja-build meson`  
+`# apt-get install build-essential libboost-dev liballegro4-dev libloadpng4-dev libflac++-dev luajit-5.1-dev liblua5.2-dev libminizip-dev liblz4-dev libpng++-dev libx11-dev ninja-build meson`  
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 * On some distros some keyboards and mice are recognized as controllers, to fix this follow these instructions: [https://github.com/denilsonsa/udev-joystick-blacklist](https://github.com/denilsonsa/udev-joystick-blacklist)

meson.build

@@ -9,16 +9,13 @@ if host_machine.system() in ['linux','osx']
     dependency('loadpng'),
     dependency('flac'),
     dependency('minizip'),
+    dependency('luajit'),
+    dependency('lua52'),
     dependency('threads'),
     dependency('liblz4'),
     dependency('libpng'),
     dependency('boost'), #needed for luabind
   ]
-  luajit = dependency('luajit')
-  deps += luajit
-  if luajit.version() >= '2.1'
-    deps += dependency('lua52')
-  endif
   if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
     deps += dependency('x11')
   endif