Lua 5.3 syntax problem

Question

code:
local sock = require("socket")
Error:<name> expected near line 1
What is the problem with this code ?

Answer 1

See if this might help you

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10356709/installing-lua-socket-library

Answer 2

Rstar the problem is not with the installation
First time the code worked but in the second try it didn't work and caused the error in this post