Help needed with Lua scripts installation on Windows computer for darktable (resolved)

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

I had hoped getting lua working on my windows computer would be easy. But I have stuffed up big time.

1. First I have a brand new Windows 11 computer. I installed DT V4.3 +1661
2. DT showed the lua script manager in lighttable view, but there were no scripts available
   3.So I went to GitHub - darktable-org/lua-scripts and followed the instructions there (at least I hope I did) and first installed git for windows.
3. I then opened a command prompt and run:
   cd LOCALAPPDATA\darktable
   git clone GitHub - darktable-org/lua-scripts lua
4. This seemed to work
5. I then opened DT and now the script manager is no longer visible in the lighttable view.

I have searched for answers on the web including this forum and I am at a total loss of what has gone wrong. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

[paperdigits (Mica)]

What does your luarc file say? Its in the same folder as darktablerc

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

“require ‘tools/script_manager’”

[paperdigits (Mica)]

If you launch DT from the command line with the option -d all what does it say?

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

@paperdigits

-d all

I have done that but where is the text logged?

[g-man]

faq

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

this may be the required log

8.2870 LUA ERROR : C:\Users\tpinf\AppData\Local\darktable\luarc:1: unexpected symbol near ‘“require ‘tools/script_manager’”’

[123sg (Steven)]

My logs go here: C:\Users\"username"\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\darktable… but it looks like you’ve found yours maybe.

[wpferguson (Bill Ferguson)]

the log message shows 2 sets of double quotes after script manager. It should be a single quote, then a double quote.

[kofa (István Kovács)]

@Terry

I then opened a command prompt and run:
cd LOCALAPPDATALOCALAPPDATALOCALAPPDATA\darktable
git clone GitHub - darktable-org/lua-scripts lua

I thought the whole point of the script manager was that you no longer have to clone the repo and mess with luarc. At least I didn’t do anything when I tried.

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You can still download and archive LR, right? Note: I don’t use Lua, but went through the installation process to write this. To get the scripts: https://darktable-org.github.io/luadocs/lua.scripts.manual/installation/ Get git for your OS (how: read the docs linked above) Enable the script manager, and install scripts: [image] You’ll see many console windows popping up for a few moments, don’t be scared. Just wait until it’s over. Make sure action = start/stop scripts is selected with cat…

[kofa (István Kovács)]

Terry, I’ve just repeated the installation on the Windows machine. I renamed C:\Users\my_user\AppData\Local\darktable to darktable.orig so it’s out of the way, and removed the cache C:\Users\my_user\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\darktable. When I launch darktable (which I installed from a ‘Windows Insider’ build), I immediately get the lue scripts installer. No need to download, clone, or edit anything.

If it’s not visible for you, can you check the preferences?

After I clicked the execute, it cloned the git repo, and then the script manager showed up:

Opening that allows me to install scripts as I already described in the post I quoted above.

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

Thanks for all the replies. As the computer was new I took the sledge hammer approach. I deleted darktable and files that remained in the AppData location. I then reinstalled darktable and script manager was there. So all sorted now. The only obvious difference is that I had installed git and initially that was not installed. Is git required?

[kofa (István Kovács)]

Yes – git is how the script manager can install and update scripts.

[Terry (Terry Pinfold)]

For the sake of others having similar problems and reading this post. Not having GIT installed was my problem. Is that correct?

[paperdigits (Mica)]

Seems so.