luarocks install error Ubuntu 14.04 with utility.lua

[rmcdermith]

luarock error when inflating xlsxwriter-0.0.6-1.rockspec, "can not stat 'xlsxwriter/utility.lua ': No such file or directory.

terminal line = sudo luarocks install xlsxwriter

build is aborted. I can install anything else including the dependencies just not this. Any idea's why?

[jmcnamara]

I don't why that is. Perhaps there is a spec issue.

@hishamhm could you check it for me, I'm temporarily away from any machines I could run it on.

John.

[moteus]

Is file name has trail space? Rockspec in repo and in luarocks.org has no this space. May be you use some luarocks mirror that contain wrong version of rockspec. Try luarocks install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jmcnamara/xlsxwriter.lua/master/xlsxwriter-0.0.6-1.rockspec

[josellausas]

I am having a very similar problem when installing via luarocks

Error: Build error: Failed installing xlsxwriter/core.lua in .../luarocks/rocks/xlsxwriter/0.0.6-1/lua/xlsxwriter/core.lua

Installed using @moteus solution works for me.

Try luarocks install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jmcnamara/xlsxwriter.lua/master/xlsxwriter-0.0.6-1.rockspec

[moteus]

Just faced with same error. Problem is xlsxwriter-0.0.6-1.src.rock has no source. only rockspec. So pleas reupload source rock on server.

[jmcnamara]

@moteus You are right. The src spec doesn't have any source. That is odd since I built it in the same way as the previous rocks which did have the source.

I'll try fix it and upload a new version.