lux-cli-de...pack-remote(1)
β¨ NAME β¨
okay bestie, welcome to the lux-cli-de...pack-remote(1) page β yes, that's the General Commands Manual energy, but make it cute π. The command is lux-cli-debug-unpack-remote, and it does one iconic thing: download a .src.rock from luarocks.org and unpack it. That's the whole vibe. π¦
π SYNOPSIS π
lux-cli debug unpack-remote [--server] [--extra-servers] [--namespace] [--lua-dir] [--lua-version] [--tree] [--cache-dir] [--data-dir] [--variables] [--profile] [--verbose] [--no-progress] [--no-prompt] [--preset] [--nvim] [--no-tfa] [--timeout] [--max-jobs] [--no-luarc] [--no-wrap-bin] [--user-agent] [-h|--help] <PACKAGE_REQ> [DESTINATION]
π DESCRIPTION π
Download a .src.rock from luarocks.org and unpack it. That's it, that's the whole main character moment. No cap. π₯
π OPTIONS π
--server <server>β fetch rocks/rockspecs from this server (takes priority over config file). π--extra-servers <extra-server>β fetch rocks/rockspecs from these servers in addition to the main server (overrides any entries in the config file). β¨--namespace <namespace>β specify the luarocks server namespace to use. π¦--lua-dir <prefix>β specify the directory in which to install Lua if not found. π--lua-version <ver>β which Lua installation to use. Valid versions are:'5.1','5.2','5.3','5.4','5.5','jit'and'jit52'. If not set, Lux will attempt to detect the Lua version:- From the current project, if it has an exact Lua version requirement.
- From the Lua installation that is available on the
PATH.
--tree <tree>β which tree to operate on. In a workspace, this can be used to specify a detached workspace tree. π--cache-dir <cache-dir>β specifies the cache directory, e.g. for luarocks manifests. π--data-dir <data-dir>β specifies the data directory, in which the default user install tree resides (e.g.~/.local/share/lux). π--variables <variable>β override config variables. Example:lx -v "LUA=/path/to/lua" .... π§--profile <profile>β the build profile to use when compiling packages. Default:release. Possible values:releasedev
--verboseβ display verbose output of commands executed, enablingDEBUGlogs. To enableTRACElogs, setRUST_LOG=trace. π--no-progressβ don't print any progress bars or spinners. π--no-prompt <NO_PROMPT>β skip prompts, selecting the default option. Prompting is enabled by default in terminal/TTY environments. Possible values:truefalse
--preset <preset>β configure Lux for a specific environment. Valid presets are:'nvim'. Possible values:nvim: Configure Lux for Neovim plugins.
--nvimβ [DEPRECATED] configure lux for installing Neovim packages. Use--preset nviminstead. π--no-tfaβ disable prompts for two-factor authentication (2FA) codes. Warning: it is strongly recommended to enable 2FA instead β seehttps://luarocks.org/settings/two-factor-auth. π--timeout <seconds>β timeout on network operations, in seconds.0means no timeout (wait forever). Default is30. β³--max-jobs <MAX_JOBS>β maximum buffer size for parallel jobs, such as downloading rockspecs and installing rocks.0means no limit. Default is0. π--no-luarcβ do not generate or update a.luarc.jsonfile when building a project. π--no-wrap-binβ do not wrap Luabinscripts. π--user-agent <USER_AGENT>β the user agent to set when making web requests. Default is"lux/<version>". π-h,--helpβ print help (see a summary with'-h'). π«Ά
and the positional bits, because they're part of the whole fit:
<PACKAGE_REQ>β the package requirement. π―[DESTINATION]β the directory to unpack to. π
xoxo, your Unix bestie π
β this was unpack-remote from lux-cli-de...pack-remote(1). No date in the footer, but the vibe is timeless. πΈ
π¦ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: lux-cli 0.48.0
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms