moonloader/luarocks/docs/luarocks_pack.md

luarocks pack

Create a rock, packing sources or binaries.

Usage

luarocks pack {<rockspec> | <name> [<version>]}

Argument may be a rockspec file, for creating a source rock, or the name of an installed package, for creating a binary rock. In the latter case, the package version may be given as a second argument.

Examples

luarocks pack luafilesystem 1.4.0

Assuming you have LuaFileSystem 1.4.0 installed in your local tree, this creates in the current directory a file called luafilesystem-1.4.0-1.linux-x86.rock (filename will of course vary according to the platform), using the binary that is already installed.

luarocks pack copas-1.1.1-1.rockspec

Assuming you have copas-1.1.1-1.rockspec in the current directory, this creates (also in the current directory) a file called copas-1.1.1-1.src.rock, fetching sources as specified in the rockspec.