Extend LuaRT functionality via LuaRocks

AlexCoronado

It seems from previous discussions that there is no plan to add support for LuaRocks, so I am left wondering how can we extend the apps to communicate with SQL databases like Oracle's or SQL Server for example?

Also worth mentioning I am still a newbie in this but I am really enjoying learning to develop an app via LuaRT.

Thanks!

Samir

AlexCoronado Also worth mentioning I am still a newbie in this but I am really enjoying learning to develop an app via LuaRT.

Thank you ! 😊

Samir

Hi AlexCoronado,

Welcome to LuaRT Community !

In fact, as LuaRT is compatible with any other Lua binary module, you can use any LuaRocks based project with LuaRT.
You just have to configure LuaRocks properly (which is a pain !) with the following commands in a console prompt :

luarocks config lua_interpreter luart.exe
luarocks config lua_version 5.4
luarocks config variables.LUA_INCDIR "your_path_to_LuaRT\include\lua"

It should then run as expected (a Warning may appear that the Lua 5.4 is not found).
Sadly, you cannot set the LuaRocks modules path to the LuaRT\modules folder (so you will have to copy the modules from the LuaRocks tree to the LuaRT/modules path)