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Luarocks stop working after updating from 2.0.2 to 2.2.0 for windows

I used LuaForWindows to install lua that comes with LuaRocks 2.0.2, when I type luarocks install luarocks in the command line it install the latest 2.2.0 luarocks but when I try to use luarocks to install other rocks it will come back with an error 

Site-local luarocks/site_config.lua file not found. Incomplete installation?
'uname' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
'uname' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
C:/Program Files (x86)/Lua/5.1/lua: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\lua/luarocks\
cfg.lua:80: attempt to index local 'proc' (a nil value)
stack traceback:
        C:\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\lua/luarocks\cfg.lua:80: in main chunk
        [C]: in function 'require'
        ...\Program Files (x86)\Lua\5.1\lua/luarocks\loader.lua:17: in main chun
k
        [C]: ?
        [C]: ?

is there any extra step I'm missing to make it work Thanks

Solution

  • luarocks install luarocks is only supported from 2.1.0 onwards (and mostly tested on Unix).

    To upgrade from older versions on Windows, please use the supplied .zip file for Windows from the LuaRocks website.