diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
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+LUA= $(shell echo `which lua`)
+LUA_BINDIR= $(shell echo `dirname $(LUA)`)
+LUA_PREFIX= $(shell echo `dirname $(LUA_BINDIR)`)
+LUA_VERSION = $(shell echo `lua -v 2>&1 | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -b 1-3`)
+LUA_SHAREDIR=$(LUA_PREFIX)/share/lua/$(LUA_VERSION)
+
+default:
+	@echo "Nothing to build.  Try 'make install' or 'make test'."
+
+install:
+	cp lua/csv.lua $(LUA_SHAREDIR)
+
+test:
+	cd lua && $(LUA) test.lua