Hi, On Thu, 2026-01-15 at 15:44 +0000, Ashish SHUKLA wrote: > Which library are you trying to package ? In absence of a build > system,
I am trying to package [evolved.lua](https://github.com/BlackMATov/evolved.lua). > I would find the closest resembling build system to go with, usually > it's gnu-build-system (if they've a Makefile or something), or > copy-build-system. This is what my package expression looks like: ```scm (define-module (packages lua) #:use-module (gnu packages lua) #:use-module (guix gexp) #:use-module (guix utils) #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:) #:use-module (guix git-download) #:use-module (guix packages) #:use-module (guix build-system copy)) (define-public lua-evolved (package (name "lua-evolved") (version "1.7.0") (source (origin (method git-fetch) (uri (git-reference (url "https://github.com/BlackMATov/evolved.lua";) (commit (string-append "v" version)))) (file-name (git-file-name name version)) (sha256 (base32 "0bl4709qm2j0lmvvk8pdgr5f0c5mnrmlk9fvgiv1z0hap7fwpm9w")))) (build-system copy-build-system) (arguments (let* ((lua-version (version-major+minor (package-version lua))) (share (string-append "share/lua/" lua-version)) (lua-path (string-append share "/?.lua"))) (list #:install-plan #~`(("." #$share #:include-regexp ("evolved\\.[(lua|d\\.ts)]+$"))) ;; Maybe I am mistaken, but we don't need to ;; modify phase? #:phases #~(modify-phases %standard-phases (add-before 'install 'set-env (lambda _ (setenv "LUA_PATH" #$lua-path))))))) (home-page "https://github.com/BlackMATov/evolved.lua";) (synopsis "Evolved ECS for Lua") (description "@code{evolved.lua} is a fast and flexible ECS (Entity-Component-System) library for Lua. It is designed to be simple and easy to use, while providing all the features needed to create complex systems with blazing performance.") (license license:expat))) ``` However, when I try to launch an [example project] (https://github.com/BlackMATov/evolved.lua/blob/main/example/main.lua) inside of the shell created with manifest.scm containing love and lua- evolved, it is throwing a bunch of error messages? manifest.scm for reference: ```scm (load "./packages/lua.scm") (use-modules (gnu packages game-development) (biome packages lua)) (packages->manifest (list love lua-evolved)) ``` When trying to launch the example game: ```console [env]$ love . Error: main.lua:1: module 'evolved' not found: no field package.preload['evolved'] no 'evolved' in LOVE game directories. no file 'evolved' in LOVE paths. no file './evolved.lua' no file '/gnu/store/5c2a9vg2rb29nnk0lxrg7ybig2snjwy1-luajit- v2.1-0.04dca79/share/luajit-2.1/evolved.lua' no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/evolved.lua' no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.1/evolved/init.lua' no file '/gnu/store/5c2a9vg2rb29nnk0lxrg7ybig2snjwy1-luajit- v2.1-0.04dca79/share/lua/5.1/evolved.lua' no file '/gnu/store/5c2a9vg2rb29nnk0lxrg7ybig2snjwy1-luajit- v2.1-0.04dca79/share/lua/5.1/evolved/init.lua' no file './evolved.so' no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/evolved.so' no file '/gnu/store/5c2a9vg2rb29nnk0lxrg7ybig2snjwy1-luajit- v2.1-0.04dca79/lib/lua/5.1/evolved.so' no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.1/loadall.so' stack traceback: [love "boot.lua"]:352: in function <[love "boot.lua"]:348> [C]: in function 'require' main.lua:1: in main chunk [C]: in function 'require' [love "boot.lua"]:323: in function <[love "boot.lua"]:126> [C]: in function 'xpcall' [love "boot.lua"]:362: in function <[love "boot.lua"]:355> [C]: in function 'xpcall' ``` Since I have packaged the app, I expected it to be able to resolve the location to `/gnu/store/9x67zym9mm894dj4va805ja33zlf9kzs-lua-evolved- 1.7.0` ? Or do I also have to package the game that I'm making? Regards, Ashvith
