Homebrew-luarocks
These formulae provide non-conflicting alternative versions of LuaRocks.
Two formulae are currently available:
- LuaRocks for Lua 5.1 (with optional LuaJIT support)
- LuaRocks for Lua 5.3
They can be installed alongside LuaRocks for Lua 5.2, which is available from the main tap.
Installing
For Lua 5.1
It is as simple as:
brew tap mesca/luarocks
brew install luarocks51 [--with-luajit]
You can also install directly from URL:
brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mesca/homebrew-luarocks/master/luarocks51.rb [--with-luajit]
LuaRocks is then available as luarocks-5.1 or luarocks-jit, depending of the selected option.
For Lua 5.3
First install Lua 5.3:
brew tap homebrew/versions
brew install lua53
Install LuaRocks:
brew tap mesca/luarocks
brew install luarocks53
Or directly from URL:
brew install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mesca/homebrew-luarocks/master/luarocks53.rb
LuaRocks is then available as luarocks-5.3.