Re: Newbie module require problem

[Bradley Smith <gmane@...>]

Axel Etzold wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> some days ago, with expert help, I have been able to make
> the lpeg library. The included test.lua script ran without problem.
> But I can't require lpeg from another directory. This script:
>
> > cat dois.lua
>
>
> require("/usr/local/lpeg-0.7/lpeg")
>
> local b= lpeg.R("09")^1
> print(b)
>
> gives me:
>
> no field package.preload['/usr/local/lpeg-0.7/lpeg']
>
> On the web, I searched for similar error messages, but there,
> there was always a *.lua /*.luac file that needed some path
> information for its retrieval. Now, in my directory /usr/local/lpeg-0.7/
> I got this:
>
> doc.html   lpeg-128.gif  lpeg.c  lpeg.so  makefile  re.lua  test.lua
>  
> Thank you for your help!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Axel 

Try replacing

require("/usr/local/lpeg-0.7/lpeg")

with

package.cpath = "/usr/local/lpeg-0.7/?.so;" .. package.cpath
require("lpeg")