nixpkgs/doc/languages-frameworks/lua.xml

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 <title>Lua</title>

 <para>
  Lua packages are built by the <varname>buildLuaPackage</varname> function. This function is implemented in <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix"> <filename>pkgs/development/lua-modules/generic/default.nix</filename></link> and works similarly to <varname>buildPerlPackage</varname>. (See <xref linkend="sec-language-perl"/> for details.)
 </para>

 <para>
  Lua packages are defined in <link xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix"><filename>pkgs/top-level/lua-packages.nix</filename></link>. Most of them are simple. For example:
<programlisting>
fileSystem = buildLuaPackage {
  name = "filesystem-1.6.2";
  src = fetchurl {
    url = "https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem/archive/v1_6_2.tar.gz";
    sha256 = "1n8qdwa20ypbrny99vhkmx8q04zd2jjycdb5196xdhgvqzk10abz";
  };
  meta = {
    homepage = "https://github.com/keplerproject/luafilesystem";
    hydraPlatforms = stdenv.lib.platforms.linux;
    maintainers = with maintainers; [ flosse ];
  };
};
</programlisting>
 </para>

 <para>
  Though, more complicated package should be placed in a seperate file in <link
  xlink:href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/development/lua-modules"><filename>pkgs/development/lua-modules</filename></link>.
 </para>

 <para>
  Lua packages accept additional parameter <varname>disabled</varname>, which defines the condition of disabling package from luaPackages. For example, if package has <varname>disabled</varname> assigned to <literal>lua.luaversion != "5.1"</literal>, it will not be included in any luaPackages except lua51Packages, making it only be built for lua 5.1.
 </para>
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