module 'lpeg_patterns.http' not found but lua-lpeg-patterns installed

[Moses Moore]

Using Lua 5.3 and lua-lpeg-patterns 0.4-1

Steps to reproduce:

    $ lua <<<"local hr = require 'http.request'"

Expected outcome: no output (success)

Seen outcome:

lua: /usr/share/lua/5.3/http/request.lua:2: module 'lpeg_patterns.http' not found:
 no field package.preload['lpeg_patterns.http']
 no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http.lua'
 no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http/init.lua'
 no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http.lua'
 no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http/init.lua'
 no file '/usr/share/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http.lua'
 no file '/usr/share/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http/init.lua'
 no file './lpeg_patterns/http.lua'
 no file './lpeg_patterns/http/init.lua'
 no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http.so'
 no file '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http.so'
 no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns/http.so'
 no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/loadall.so'
 no file './lpeg_patterns/http.so'
 no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns.so'
 no file '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns.so'
 no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.3/lpeg_patterns.so'
 no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/loadall.so'
 no file './lpeg_patterns.so'
stack traceback:
 [C]: in function 'require'
 /usr/share/lua/5.3/http/request.lua:2: in main chunk
 [C]: in function 'require'
 stdin:1: in main chunk
 [C]: in ?

This may be a problem in lua-lpeg-patterns missing code for lua 5.3 , but I don't know whether to file a bug with that package or with this package; I'm filing a bug with this package since it's what's throwing the error.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: lua-http 0.1-3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-33.36-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-33-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: XFCE
Date: Tue Sep 11 20:13:42 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-05 (828 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: lua-http
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-04-27 (137 days ago)

[Moses Moore (moses-ubuntu)]

A year later and this is still an obstacle. I resorted to ph,err = io.popen("curl " .. URL , "r")

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[ChrisAga (chrisaga)]

Confirm : same problem here with lua-http on Ubuntu 22.04 "jammy" :-(

Workaround :
1) apt install libssl-dev
2) luarocks install http

This may install from luarocks a bunch of modules you already have installed from Ubuntu packages :-(