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submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've been trying to get luarocks to work on windows, and all it gives is cryptic gcc errors.

How does pip manage to work on most platforms without issues?

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If you're getting gcc errors it sounds like the package you're trying to install contains some c/c++ stuff that needs compiling.

A lot of python packages that rely on things written in c/c++ ship those precompiled, which might account for why it feels easier for you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Sorry if it was unclear, I constantly get cryptic gcc errors using luarocks a package manager for lua. Its years behind pip.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No, you were clear. That's what I understood you to mean.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Ah, I'm the one who misread, sorry.

Yeah, compiling things from scratch is the norm for lua packages, making them really only work on linux.