On 27 February 2016 at 14:00, Axel Kowald <axel.kow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Everybody, > I'm just getting into Lua and want use it under Windows7 and cygwin. > Lua5.2 itself if available for cygwin, so it runs fine. > Then I got the (unix) source for Luarocks 2.3 and it also installed fine > (using configure & make). > > Next I tried to install markdown using > "luarocks install markdown" and got: > -------------------- > Warning: falling back to curl - install luasec to get native HTTPS support > Warning: Failed searching manifest: Failed extracting manifest file > Installing > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master/markdown-0.33-1.src.rock... > Using > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocks-moonscript-org/moonrocks-mirror/master/markdown-0.33-1.src.rock... > switching to 'build' mode > Error: Failed unpacking rock file: > /c/Users/Axel/AppData/Local/Temp/luarocks_luarocks-rock-markdown-0.33-1-9439/markdown-0.33-1.src.rock > -------------------- > > The problem seems to be that > /c/Users/Axel/AppData/Local/Temp/luarocks_luarocks-rock-markdown-0.33-1-9439/markdown-0.33-1.src.rock > simply does not exist (i.e. somehow the download didn't work). > So I downloaded the rock file to my local harddrive and tried again using: > "luarocks install markdown-0.33-1.src.rock" but I got: > ------------------------ > Using markdown-0.33-1.src.rock... switching to 'build' mode > Error: Failed unpacking rock file: /c/myTmp/markdown-0.33-1.src.rock > ----------------------- > > So, that's it. I have no idea what could be wrong :-(
Do you have the `unzip` program installed in your Cygwin install? This could be the cause of the failure to unpack. -- Hisham ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Site24x7 APM Insight: Get Deep Visibility into Application Performance APM + Mobile APM + RUM: Monitor 3 App instances at just $35/Month Monitor end-to-end web transactions and take corrective actions now Troubleshoot faster and improve end-user experience. Signup Now! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=272487151&iu=/4140 _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
