An experimental Cygwin tree for Lua

`https://cygwin-lem.github.io/lua-cygwin-packages/lua-cygwin/`

Start setup-*.exe with an option -X.
Select Install from Internet.
Input User URL https://cygwin-lem.github.io/lua-cygwin-packages/lua-cygwin/ and push Add button.
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Note

lua: Turned into a meta-package for Lua default version
- current is for lua53
- test is for lua54
lua54, lua53, lua52, lua51: Multiple versions of Lua can be installed.
luarocks: Installs rocks and modules to an alternative tree structure
- luarocks tree: /usr
- rocks: /usr/lib/lua/luarocks/rocks-${LUA_VERSION}
- manifest: /usr/lib/lua/luarocks/rocks-${LUA_VERSION}/manifest
- deploy_bin_dir: /usr/lib/lua/luarocks/bin/${LUA_VERSION}
- deploy_lib_dir: /usr/lib/lua/luarocks/${LUA_VERSION}
- deploy_lua_dir: /usr/share/lua/luarocks/${LUA_VERSION}
lua-luadoc: obsoleted by lua-ldoc, not updated
cantor-backend-lua: not updated, part of cantor
hexchat-lua: not updated, part of hexchat
httpd_mod_lua: not updated, part of httpd
lighttpd-lua-modules: not updated, part of lighttpd
lua-gv: not updated, part of graphviz
lua-xapian: not updated, part of xapian-bindings
lua5.1-keybinder: not updated, part of keybinder
weechat-lua: not updated, part of weechat

Usage Examples of LuaRocks

Here are usage examples of luarocks, or try a test script test-luarocks.sh (view in html).

luarocks-5.4 install argparse \
&& luarocks-5.4 list \
&& lua5.4 -e 'require("argparse")' && echo OK: argparse \
&& luarocks-5.4 remove argparse

luarocks-5.4 install lua-cjson \
&& luarocks-5.4 list \
&& lua5.4 -e 'require("cjson")' && echo OK: cjson\
&& lua5.4 -e 'require("cjson.util")' && echo OK: cjson.util \
&& luarocks-5.4 remove lua-cjson

luarocks-5.3 install argparse \
&& luarocks-5.3 list \
&& lua5.3 -e 'require("argparse")' && echo OK: argparse \
&& luarocks-5.3 remove argparse

luarocks-5.3 install lua-cjson \
&& luarocks-5.3 list \
&& lua5.3 -e 'require("cjson")' && echo OK: cjson \
&& lua5.3 -e 'require("cjson.util")' && echo OK: cjson.util \
&& luarocks-5.3 remove lua-cjson

A List of Packages

Package	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.1	Requires	Build-Requires	Test-Requires
lua	☆	★	－	－	★curr: lua53, ☆test: lua54
lua*	●	●	●	●
lua*-devel	●	●	●	●
lua*-argparse	●	●	●	●
lua*-bit	－	－	●	●
lua*-busted	●	●	●	●	lua-cliargs, lua-dkjson, lua-luassert, lua-mediator, lua-pl, lua-say, lua-system, lua-term
lua*-cjson	●	●	●	●
lua*-cliargs	●	●	●	●	lua-dkjson, lua-lyaml
lua*-cluacov	●	●	●	●
lua*-crypto	●	●	●	●
lua*-crypto-devel	●	●	●	●
lua*-dkjson	●	●	●	●	lua*-lpeg
lua*-json	●	●	●	●	lua*-lpeg
lua*-ldap	●	●	●	●			lua*-busted
lua*-ldoc	●	●	●	●	lua-markdown, lua-pl
lua*-lfs	●	●	●	●
lua*-lgi	△	△
lua*-logging	●	●	●	●	lua*-socket
lua*-lpeg	●	●	●	●
lua*-luacov	●	●	●	●	lua*-cluacov
lua*-luaossl	●	●	●	●
lua*-luarocks	●	●	●	●	lua*-socket
lua*-luasec	●	●	●	●	lua*-socket
lua*-luassert	●	●	●	●	lua*-say
lua*-lunitx	●	●	●	●
lua*-lxp	●	●	●	●
lua*-lyaml	●	●	●	●		lua*-ldoc
lua*-markdown	●	●	●	●
lua*-mediator	●	●	●	●
lua*-pl	●	●	●	●	lua*-lfs
lua*-say	●	●	●	●
lua*-socket	●	●	●	●
lua*-system	●	●	●	●
lua*-term	●	●	●	●

Tests

lua54: no test? but seems to work
lua53: no test? but seems to work
lua52: no test? but seems to work
lua51: no test? but seems to work, obsoletes lua5.1
lua-crypto: ok
lua-json: ok
lua-ldap: ok
lua-ldoc: ok
lua-lfs: ok
lua-lgi: partial success. Python fails at from giscanner._giscanner import collect_attributes
lua-logging: ok
lua-lpeg: ok
lua-luaossl: ok
lua-luasec: no test? but seems to work
lua-luassert: ok
lua-lunitx: ok
lua-lxp: ok
lua-pl: ok
lua-say: no test? but seems to work
lua-socket: ok
luarocks: no test? but seems to work

Lemures Lemniscati