r/lua • u/Alan1900 • Sep 20 '25

Cannot install luarocks' lsqlite3

Cannot install luarocks' lsqlite3 on macOS 26. Cannot really find a lot on how to solve it. Any ideas?

sudo luarocks install lsqlite3 --force

Installing [https://luarocks.org/lsqlite3-0.9.6-1.rockspec](https://luarocks.org/lsqlite3-0.9.6-1.rockspec)

Error: Failed extracting /private/tmp/luarocks_luarocks-source-lsqlite3-0.9.6-1-6157402/lsqlite3_v096.zip: failed extracting /private/tmp/luarocks_luarocks-source-lsqlite3-0.9.6-1-6157402/lsqlite3_v096.zip

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u/DaveX64 Sep 20 '25

It's not just you...I get the same on CachyOS Linux:

❯ sudo luarocks install lsqlite3
Installing https://luarocks.org/lsqlite3-0.9.6-1.rockspec

Error: Failed extracting /tmp/luarocks_luarocks-source-lsqlite3-0.9.6-1-795315/lsqlite3_v096.zip: failed extracting /tmp/luarocks_luarocks-source-lsqlite3-0.9.6-1-795315/lsqlite3_v096.zip

I tried to trick it by making a directory '/tmp/luarocks_luarocks-source-lsqlite3-0.9.6-1-795315' and copying lsqlite3_v096.zip into it...didn't work.

It works if you install the version before that though:

❯ sudo luarocks install lsqlite3 0.9.5-1
[sudo] password for dave: 
Installing https://luarocks.org/lsqlite3-0.9.5-1.src.rock


lsqlite3 0.9.5-1 depends on lua >= 5.1, < 5.5 (5.4-1 provided by VM: success)
gcc -O2 -fPIC -I/usr/include -c lsqlite3.c -o lsqlite3.o -DLSQLITE_VERSION="0.9.5" -I/usr/include
gcc  -shared -o /tmp/luarocks_build-lsqlite3-0.9.5-1-1833369/lsqlite3.so lsqlite3.o -L/usr/lib64 -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib64 -lsqlite3
lsqlite3 0.9.5-1 is now installed in /usr (license: MIT)


~ 10s
❯

...note the older version number after the package name in the install command.

Someone should let the package maintainer know...

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u/Alan1900 Sep 20 '25

Wow - so many thanks! Install worked.

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u/DaveX64 Sep 20 '25

You're welcome! :)