c_glib/example/lua/README.md

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# Arrow Lua example

There are Lua example codes in this directory.

## How to run

All example codes use [LGI](https://github.com/pavouk/lgi) to use
Arrow GLib based bindings.

Here are command lines to install LGI on Debian GNU/Linux and Ubuntu:

```console
$ sudo apt install -y luarocks
$ sudo luarocks install lgi
```

## Lua example codes

Here are example codes in this directory:

  * `write-file.lua`: It shows how to write Arrow array to file in
    file format.

  * `read-file.lua`: It shows how to read Arrow array from file in
    file format.

  * `write-stream.lua`: It shows how to write Arrow array to file in
    stream format.

  * `read-stream.lua`: It shows how to read Arrow array from file in
    stream format.