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1# luarocks
2
3**luarocks** is the command-line interface for LuaRocks, the Lua package manager.
4
5# Usage
6
7```
8luarocks [--server=<server> | --only-server=<server>] [--tree=<tree>] [--only-sources=<url>] [--deps-mode=<mode>] [<VAR>=<VALUE>]... <command> [<argument>]
9```
10
11Variables from the "variables" table of the [configuration file](config_file_format.md) can be overriden with VAR=VALUE assignments.
12
13{|
14| --server=_server_ || Fetch rocks/rockspecs from this server (takes priority over config file)
15|-
16| --only-server=_server_ || Fetch rocks/rockspecs from this server only (overrides any entries in the config file)
17|-
18| --only-sources=_url_ || Restrict downloads of sources to URLs starting with the given URL. For example, --only-sources=http://luarocks.org will allow LuaRocks to download sources only if the URL given in the rockspec starts with http://luarocks.org .
19|-
20| --tree=_tree_ || Which tree to operate on.
21|-
22| --local || Use the tree in the user's home directory. To enable it, see `[luarocks path](luarocks_path.md)`
23|-
24| --deps-mode=_mode_ || Select dependencies mode:
25
26How to handle the list of rocks servers given in the rocks_servers array in the [config file](config_file_format.md).
27
28* **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
29* **all** - Consider all trees: if a dependency is installed in any tree of the rocks_trees list, we have a positive match.
30* **order** - Consider only trees starting from the "current" one in the order, where the "current" is either:
31 * the one at the bottom of the rocks_trees list,
32 * or one explicitly given with --tree
33 * or the "home" tree if --local was given or local_by_default=true is configured (usually at the top of the list)
34|-
35| --verbose || Display verbose output of commands executed.
36|-
37| --timeout || Timeout on network operations, in seconds. 0 means no timeout (wait forever). Default is 30.
38|}
39
40# Supported commands
41
42{|
43| [build](luarocks_build.md) || Build/compile and install a rock.
44|-
45| [doc](luarocks_doc.md) || Shows documentation for an installed rock.
46|-
47| [download](luarocks_download.md)|| Download a specific rock or rockspec file from a rocks server.
48|-
49| [help](luarocks_help.md) || Help on commands.
50|-
51| [install](luarocks_install.md) || Install a rock.
52|-
53| [lint](luarocks_lint.md) || Check syntax of a rockspec.
54|-
55| [list](luarocks_list.md) || Lists currently installed rocks.
56|-
57| [config](luarocks_config.md) || Query and set the LuaRocks configuration.
58|-
59| [make](luarocks_make.md) || Compile package in current directory using a rockspec and install it.
60|-
61| [new_version](luarocks_new_version.md) || Auto-write a rockspec for a new version of a rock.
62|-
63| [pack](luarocks_pack.md) || Create a rock, packing sources or binaries.
64|-
65| [path](luarocks_path.md) || Return the currently configured package path.
66|-
67| [purge](luarocks_purge.md) || Remove all installed rocks from a tree.
68|-
69| [remove](luarocks_remove.md) || Uninstall a rock.
70|-
71| [search](luarocks_search.md) || Query the LuaRocks repositories.
72|-
73| [test](luarocks_test.md) || Run the test suite in the current directory.
74|-
75| [show](luarocks_show.md) || Shows information about an installed rock.
76|-
77| [unpack](luarocks_unpack.md) || Unpack the contents of a rock.
78|-
79| [upload](luarocks_upload.md) || Upload a rockspec to the public rocks repository.
80|-
81| [write_rockspec](luarocks_write_rockspec.md) || Write a template for a rockspec file.
82|}
83
84# Overview of the difference between "make", "build", "install" and "pack"
85
86{|
87| luarocks install modulename || downloads a binary .rock file and installs it to the local tree (falls back to "luarocks build modulename" behavior if a binary rock is not found)
88|-
89| luarocks build modulename || downloads a .src.rock or a rockspec and builds+installs it to the local tree.
90|-
91| luarocks build modulename-1.0-1.linux-x86.rock || extracts the rockspec from the rock and builds it as if the rockspec was passed in the command-line (i.e., redownloading sources and recompiling C modules if any).
92|-
93| luarocks build modulename-1.0-1.rockspec || builds+installs the rock using the given rockspec downloading the sources
94|-
95| luarocks make modulename-1.0-1.rockspec || builds+installs the rock using the rockspec using the contents of your current directory (kind of like the way make uses a Makefile) instead of downloading sources
96|-
97| luarocks pack modulename || grabs the rock from your local tree and packs it into a binary .rock file
98|-
99| luarocks pack modulename-1.0-1.rockspec || downloads the sources from the url and packs it into a .src.rock file
100|}
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