luarocks-admin(1)

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version 3.11.1 · 3 versions
, in ubuntu stonking

💖 luarocks-admin — the LuaRocks repository admin glow-up 💖

okay bestie, gather round, because this one is literally the backstage pass to your LuaRocks world 👑 it's luarocks-admin, section 1 of the manual, and she runs the whole repo administration situation. no cap.

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

luarocks-admin [options] command

like... you give her some [options], you give her a command, and she goes to work. that's the whole vibe check 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

LuaRocks repository administration interface. that's the official tagline and honestly? she ate. this is the tool you reach for when you're the one running the rocks server, not just vibing off it.

here's the tea 🍓: variables from the "variables" table of the configuration file can be overridden with VAR=VALUE assignments. so if you wanna tweak a config variable on the fly, you literally just drop a VAR=VALUE on the command line and it takes over. main character energy.

💅 Options 💅

  • --from=<server> — fetch rocks/rockspecs from this server. heads up though: this one takes priority over the config file. she's not asking, she's telling 😌
  • --only-from=<server> — fetch rocks/rockspecs from this server only. this one overrides any entries in the config file. like, any of them. she said no distractions ✋
  • --to=<tree> — which tree to operate on. you gotta tell her where to put the stuff, bestie.

🎀 Commands 🎀

  • add — add a rock or rockspec to a rocks server.
  • help — help on commands. when in doubt, ask her, she's nice about it 🫶
  • make_manifest — compile a manifest file for a repository. (yes, that underscore is real, keep it.)
  • refresh_cache — refresh local cache of a remote rocks server. keeping things fresh, as one does ✨

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

go read her sister page too, they're a package deal fr fr 💜

📁 FILES 📁

  • /etc/luarocks/config.lua

that's where the config lives. that "variables" table we were talking about? yeah. she's in there 🌈

💀 AUTHOR 💀

Enrico Tassi <gareuselesinge@debian.org>

thank you for your service, icon 🫡

and that's the whole page, bestie!! this was luarocks-admin(1) from the LuaRocks tools, version-dated 06 August 2026 — source line vibes: "LuaRocks repository administr..." 💖 slay, go admin some repos, ilysm 🧚✨

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