<s>
LuaRocks	B-Language
is	O
a	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
that	O
provides	O
a	O
standard	O
format	O
for	O
distributing	O
Lua	B-Language
modules	O
(	O
in	O
a	O
self-contained	O
format	O
called	O
a	O
"	O
rock	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
tool	O
designed	O
to	O
easily	O
manage	O
the	O
installation	O
of	O
rocks	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
server	O
for	O
distributing	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
distribution	O
,	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
de	O
facto	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
for	O
community-contributed	O
Lua	B-Language
modules	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interface	O
for	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
is	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
tool	I-Application
called	O
luarocks	B-Language
which	O
can	O
install	O
libraries	O
and	O
manage	O
Lua	B-Language
rocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuaRocks	B-Language
optionally	O
integrates	O
with	O
Lua	B-Language
run-time	O
loader	O
to	O
help	O
find	O
and	O
load	O
installed	O
rocks	O
while	O
managing	O
version	O
dependencies	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
private	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
repository	O
,	O
the	O
public	O
repository	O
is	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
for	O
rocks	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
public	O
repository	O
helps	O
users	O
find	O
rocks	O
,	O
resolve	O
dependencies	B-Library
and	O
install	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuaRocks	B-Language
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Lua	B-Language
versions	O
5.1	O
,	O
5.2	O
and	O
5.3	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
LuaJIT	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
was	O
started	O
in	O
2006	O
by	O
Hisham	O
Muhammad	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
on	O
August	O
9	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
development	O
was	O
moved	O
to	O
GitHub	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuaRocks	B-Language
is	O
written	O
in	O
Lua	B-Language
itself	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
all	O
major	O
Linux	B-Application
distributions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
installed	O
from	O
the	O
upstream	O
tarball	B-Application
,	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
can	O
upgrade	O
itself	O
on	O
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
distributes	O
a	O
package	O
file	O
including	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
,	O
Lua	B-Language
5.1	I-Language
and	O
required	O
utilities	O
that	O
are	O
missing	O
in	O
a	O
typical	O
Windows	B-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
package	O
supports	O
both	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
and	O
MinGW	B-Application
compiler	O
suites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
running	O
on	O
Cygwin	B-Language
,	O
the	O
Unix	B-Application
package	O
should	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
is	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
package	O
of	O
the	O
Homebrew	B-Application
package	I-Application
manager	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Unix	B-Application
tarball	B-Application
can	O
also	O
be	O
installed	O
directly	O
on	O
macOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuaRocks	B-Language
has	O
also	O
been	O
reported	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
and	O
Solaris	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
,	O
a	O
package	O
available	O
at	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
Package	I-Language
Index	I-Language
that	O
can	O
be	O
installed	O
via	O
pip	B-Application
and	O
provides	O
installations	O
of	O
Lua	B-Language
and	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
into	O
a	O
local	O
directory	O
upon	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
LuaRocks	B-Language
allows	O
installing	O
Lua	B-Language
modules	O
to	O
standard	O
Lua	B-Language
paths	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
customized	O
locations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
to	O
install	O
extensions	O
to	O
any	O
project	O
that	O
uses	O
standard	O
Lua	B-Language
modules	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Awesome	B-Language
window	O
manager	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
projects	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
adopted	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
as	O
their	O
recommended	O
solution	O
for	O
managing	O
extensions	O
,	O
integrating	O
it	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
,	O
maintaining	O
their	O
own	O
repository	O
of	O
project-specific	O
rocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
projects	O
that	O
use	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
in	O
this	O
fashion	O
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Torch	B-Algorithm
-	O
Torch	B-Algorithm
,	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
machine	O
learning	O
,	O
uses	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
for	O
managing	O
its	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Torch	B-Algorithm
uses	O
its	O
own	O
rocks	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tarantool	B-Operating_System
-	O
the	O
Tarantool	B-Operating_System
database	O
uses	O
LuaRocks	B-Language
for	O
managing	O
its	O
extensions	O
.	O
</s>
