Linux PATH for lua rocks

[bwanaaa]

this page:

https://github.com/keplerproject/luarocks/wiki/File-locations

does not match what i get from

luarocks path

which is:

export LUA_PATH='/home/stefan/.luarocks/share/lua/5.3/?.lua;/home/stefan/.luarocks/share/lua/5.3/?/init.lua;/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/?.lua;/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/?/init.lua;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/?.lua;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/?/init.lua;./?.lua;./?/init.lua'
export LUA_CPATH='/home/stefan/.luarocks/lib/lua/5.3/?.so;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/?.so;/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/loadall.so;./?.so'

and the output of

echo $PATH

is

/opt/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games

I installed the 'inspect' rock with

sudo luarocks install inspect

and then I wrote the following sample lua to test it

local inspect = require "inspect"
assert (inspect(1) == "1")
assert(inspect("Hello") == '"Hello"')

but got the following errors:

Program starting as '"/opt/zbstudio/bin/linux/x64/lua" -e "io.stdout:setvbuf('no')" "/opt/zbstudio/myprograms/DemoInspect.lua"'.
Program 'lua' started in '/opt/zbstudio/myprograms' (pid: 5190).
/opt/zbstudio/bin/linux/x64/lua: /opt/zbstudio/myprograms/DemoInspect.lua:1: module 'inspect' not found:
    no field package.preload['inspect']
no file './inspect.lua'
no file '/usr/local/share/luajit-2.0.2/inspect.lua'
no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/inspect.lua'
no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/inspect/init.lua'
no file './inspect.lua'
no file './inspect/init.lua'
no file './lua/inspect.lua'
no file './lua/inspect/init.lua'
no file '/opt/zbstudio/lualibs/inspect/inspect.lua'
no file '/opt/zbstudio/lualibs/inspect.lua'
no file '/opt/zbstudio/lualibs/inspect/inspect/init.lua'
no file '/opt/zbstudio/lualibs/inspect/init.lua'
no file './inspect.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/inspect.so'
no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so'
no file '/opt/zbstudio/bin/linux/x64/libinspect.so'
no file '/opt/zbstudio/bin/linux/x64/clibs/inspect.so'
stack traceback:
[C]: in function 'require'
/opt/zbstudio/myprograms/DemoInspect.lua:1: in main chunk
[C]: at 0x004054e8

What should I add to my PATH?
If my PATH is something like

/usr/

does that mean that all files and folders within that directory are recursively included? or just the files within /usr/? and is /usr/ the same as /usr ?

[hishamhm]

this page:
https://github.com/keplerproject/luarocks/wiki/File-locations
does not match what i get from
luarocks path

It does match. luarocks path is showing configured paths for /usr/local just like the wiki page says.

but got the following errors:

Looking at the lookup paths, looks like your LuaRocks installation is configured for Lua 5.3, and your ZeroBrane Studio is configured for Lua 5.1

What should I add to my PATH?

Running eval \luarocks path --bin`` will set all necessary paths for your environment.

does that mean that all files and folders within that directory are recursively included?

Take a look at your OS and Lua documentation for details on how these environment variables work.

Also, please use the LuaRocks mailing list for support questions, and not the bug tracker.