What is the correct way to use luarocks?

[wushu037]

I'm having two problems

1. some modules are downloaded with names that don't match the names used by require. E.g. luarocks install luasocket -> require("socket")
2. does luarocks offer the ability to manage multiple versions of a module? I didn't find a description.

This can be difficult when doing collaborative development and long term development. So:

1. do I need to add a file to the project that describes which modules are used in the project?
2. Since there is no version management, it is possible that everyone in the team installs a different version of the module at a different time, so should I put the module in the project directory?

I need to hear from the luarocks team.

[catwell]

I am unsure why you are opening this issue on luasocket, but:

• Yes sometimes modules have a different name that the rock, this is often the case with other languages as well.
• LuaRocks allows a single version of a module for a given project but you can have different sets of rocks in different projects. LuaRocks natively supports different rocks trees, but personally I use a completely separate environment with its own Lua and LuaRocks using this script I wrote.

To have a specific set of versions for a project across a team, you can create a rockspec and install with --only-deps

[wushu037]

@catwell Sorry, I asked in the wrong place. But thank you for your answer.