moonloader/luarocks/docs/luarocks_admin_remove.md

luarocks-admin remove

Remove a rock or rockspec from a rocks server.

Usage

luarocks-admin remove [--server=<server>] [--no-refresh] {<rockspec>|<rock>}...

Arguments are local files, which may be rockspecs or rocks.

The flag --server indicates which server to use. If not given, the default server set in the upload_server variable from the configuration files is used instead.

The flag --no-refresh indicates the local cache should not be refreshed prior to generation of the updated manifest.

You need to have rsync installed in order to use this command.

Examples

Basic example

Remove a rockspec from your default configured upload server:

luarocks-admin remove lpeg-0.9-1.rockspec

Handling multiple repositories

Assuming your ~/.luarocks/config.lua file looks like this:

upload_server = "main"
upload_servers = {
   main = {
      rsync = "www.example.com/repos/main",
   },
    dev = {
      rsync = "www.example.com/repos/devel-rocks",
   },
}

you can specify which repository to use with the --server flag:

luarocks-admin remove --server=dev my_rock-scm-1.rockspec