$ brew install lua52
==> Downloading http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.2.3.tar.gz
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==> Patching
patching file Makefile
patching file src/Makefile
==> make macosx INSTALL_TOP=/usr/local/Cellar/lua52/5.2.3 INSTALL_MAN=/usr/local/Cellar/lua52/5.2.3/share/man/man1
==> make install INSTALL_TOP=/usr/local/Cellar/lua52/5.2.3 INSTALL_MAN=/usr/local/Cellar/lua52/5.2.3/share/man/man1
? /usr/local/Cellar/lua52/5.2.3: 12 files, 276K, built in 4 seconds