luarocks-admin(1)

📦 version 3.8.0, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 luarocks-admin 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because we're talking about luarocks-admin, the LuaRocks repository administration interface — and yes, it's giving full sysadmin main character energy 👑

✨ NAME ✨

luarocks-admin — the LuaRocks repository administration interface. she runs the repos. that's the whole vibe. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

luarocks-admin [options] command

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so literally, luarocks-admin is the LuaRocks repository administration interface. it's the backstage-pass version of LuaRocks — the one you use when you're the one running the rocks server instead of just consuming from it. no cap. 🎀

and here's a little trick that lowkey slays: variables from the "variables" table of the configuration file can be overridden with VAR=VALUE assignments. just plop them right in there, iykyk. ✨

🍓 Options

  • --from=<server> — fetch rocks/rockspecs from this server. heads up bestie, this one takes priority over the config file 👀
  • --only-from=<server> — fetch rocks/rockspecs from this server only. this one overrides any entries in the config file, like fully, no discussion 💀
  • --to=<tree> — which tree to operate on. you gotta tell her where to do the thing, she's not a mind reader 🙈

🌈 Commands

  • add — add a rock or rockspec to a rocks server. dropping new content, iconic behavior 👑
  • help — help on commands. she will explain herself, respectfully 💜
  • make_manifest — compile a manifest file for a repository. the manifest is like the receipts for the whole repo, fr fr 🧚
  • refresh_cache — refresh the local cache of a remote rocks server. out with the old, in with the fresh ✨

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

  • luarocks(1) — the main character herself. go say hi 💖

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • /etc/luarocks/config.lua — the config file where all the settings live. this is where the "variables" table hangs out, so you know where to find her 🦋

🌸 AUTHOR 🌸

Enrico Tassi <gareuselesinge@debian.org> — the legend who wrote this. we love her for it. periodt 💅

bestie reminder: --from gets priority over the config file, and --only-from overrides config file entries entirely. don't get them twisted, they are not the same thing 😭

and that's the whole page, babes 🫶 this was LuaRocks repository admin... from the luarocks-admin(1) manual, dated 10 November 2021. she ate, no crumbs left, go admin those repositories ⭐🌈💜

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