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Distributing Rootbeer ​

The default embedded-stdlib feature packages the Lua standard library and type metadata inside rb. The resulting binary can run without a separate Lua installation or standard-library checkout.

sh
cargo build --locked --release

Distributions that require Lua source files on disk can disable that feature and choose a compile-time standard-library directory:

sh
ROOTBEER_LUA_DIR=/usr/share/rootbeer/lua \
  cargo build --locked --release --no-default-features

Ship the repository's lua/rootbeer/ tree under that directory. Users can override the directory with rb --lua-dir /path/to/lua apply.

Official package-catalog access is configured separately through the public endpoint and verification key embedded at build time. See index hosting and trust. Do not package the publisher's private signing key.