docs(readme): add tip to configure luarocks install with envvars #131
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When lua and luajit is not installed via the system package manager, luarocks build script
fails to detect the lua runtime, which results in a fail.
Usually, we can
./configure
with options such as--with-lua
(cli options), but as this is run in the background, I cannot edit these options, or I would need to add a new field in the UI which is kinda hassle.Luarocks build scripts uses variables such as
LUA_DIR
, so we can trick the script by providing these varibles from outside.To workaround this issue, I added a
[!TIP]
in the README for other people who came across the same issue.Tip
In order to configure luarocks installation to use a specific lua install,
use environment variables
LUA_BINDIR=<Directory of lua binary>
andLUA_BINDIR_SET=yes
.For example:
LUA_BINDIR="${XDG_BIN_DIR:-$HOME/.local/bin}" LUA_BINDIR_SET=yes nvim -u NORC -c "source ...