Linux build (ubuntu 13.10) - halfnelson/moai-sdk GitHub Wiki
$sudo apt-get install git-core cmake build-essential
$mkdir moai
$cd moai
$git clone https://github.com/moaiforge/moai-sdk.git
$cd moai-sdk
$git checkout 1.4-stable
$sudo apt-get install freeglut3-dev libglew-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libxmu-dev libxi-dev libsdl-dev
$bin/build-linux_x64
cross fingers :) build should end up in cmake/build/host-glut/moai
you can test by
./cmake/build/host-glut/moai -s 'print("hello world")'
NB. ensure that gcc-multilib is installed if you are on a 64bit linux and you are compiling for android