Linux installation Luarocks (LUA's module management tool)

1. Introduction

The package can install and update LUA's third-party modules.

2.

Please select the desired package on the http://luarocks.org/releases/page.

wget http://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-2.1.0.tar.gz

3. Installation

TAR-ZXVF luarocks-2.1.0.tar.gz

CD luarocks-2.1.0

./configure--prefix=/usr/local/luarocks

Make Build

Make install

OK, Luarock's executable is installed to/usr/local/luarocks/bin/luarocks.

4, use (temporarily copy the English directly, there is time to translate)

example of installing a LUA module using luarocks:

Luarocks Install Luasocket

Luarocks Install Luasql-sqlite3

Luarocks Install Lpeg

Luarocks Install Lzlib

Luarocks Install Luafilesystem

Luarocks Install Luasec

Luarocks Install MD5

Luarocks Install Luacurl

Luarocks Install Luasql-mysql mysql_incdir=/usr/include/mysql mysql_libdir=/usr/lib64/mysql/(MySQL's various paths locate go find it yourself. = =! )

Luarocks Install Lua-cjson

1. After the module is installed, if you are prompted to find the appropriate module when the program require, you can make a soft link between luarocks and Lua:

For example, after the installation of Luasql-mysql may be in the program when the require will be prompted to find the module, this time we can:

Cd/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/

mkdir Luasql

Ln-s/usr/local/luarocks/lib/lua/5.1/luasql/mysql.so/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/luasql/mysql.so

2. Runtime prompt attempt to index global ' luasql ' (a nil value) code inside require "Luasql.mysql" need to write like this

Luasql = require "Luasql.mysql"

Usage luarocks [--server=server |--only-server=server] [--tree=tree] [--only-sources= URL] [--deps-mode=mode] [VAR=VALUE] ... Command [argument]

Variables from the "Variables" table of the configuration file can is overriden with var=value assignments.

--server=Server	Fetch Rocks/rockspecs from the This server (takes-priority-over config file)
--only-server=Server	Fetch Rocks/rockspecs from this server only (overrides any entries in the config file)
--only-sources=URL	Restrict downloads of sources to URLs starting with the given URL. For example,--only-sources=http://luarocks.org would allow luarocks to download sources only if the URL given in the rocks PEC starts with http://luarocks.org.
--tree=Tree	Which tree to operate on.
--deps-mode=Mode	Select dependencies Mode: How to handle the list of rocks servers Given in the rocks_servers array in Theconfig file. One  -consider only the tree at the top of the list (possibly, the one given by The--tree flag, overriding all entries from rocks_trees), ignore all others all  -Con Sider all Trees:if a dependency are installed in any tree of the rocks_trees list and we have a positive match. Order  -Consider only trees starting from the ' current ' one in the order, where the ' C Urrent "is either: the one at the bottom of the Rocks_trees list, or one explicitly giv En with--tree or the ' home ' tree if--local was given or local_by_default=true are configured (usually at The top of the list)

Supported commands

Build	Build/compile and install a rock.
Download	Download a specific rock or rockspec file from a rocks server.
Help	Help on Commands.
Install	Install a rock.
List	Lists currently installed rocks.
Make	Compile package in the current directory using a rockspec and install it.
Pack	Create a rock, packing sources or binaries.
Path	Return the currently configured package path.
Remove	Uninstall a rock.
Search	Query the Luarocks repositories.
Show	Shows information about an installed rock.
Unpack	Unpack the contents of a rock.

Overview of the difference between "make", "Build", "Install" and "pack"

Luarocks Install ModuleName	Downloads a binary. Rock file and installs it to the local tree (falls back to "luarocks build modulename" behavior if a B Inary Rock is not found)
Luarocks Build ModuleName	Downloads A. Src.rock or a rockspec and builds+installs it to the local tree.
Luarocks Build Modulename-1.0-1.linux-x86.rock	Extracts the Rockspec from the rock and builds it as if the Rockspec is passed in the command-line (i.e., redownloading s Ources and recompiling C modules if any).
Luarocks Build Modulename-1.0-1.rockspec	Builds+installs The rock using the given rockspec downloading the sources
Luarocks make Modulename-1.0-1.rockspec	Builds+installs The rock using the Rockspec using the contents of the Your current directory (kind of the-the-the-the-make uses a Makefile) instead of downloading sources
Luarocks Pack ModuleName	Grabs the rock from your local tree and packs it into a binary. Rock file
Luarocks Pack Modulename-1.0-1.rockspec	Downloads the sources from the URL and packs it into a. src.rock file

Linux installation Luarocks (LUA's module management tool)