--- a/prosody.cfg.lua.dist	Sat Aug 17 15:40:52 2019 +0200
+++ b/prosody.cfg.lua.dist	Mon Aug 19 12:17:17 2019 +0100
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@
 -- will look for modules first. For community modules, see https://modules.prosody.im/
 --plugin_paths = {}
 
+-- Single directory for custom prosody plugins and/or Lua libraries installation
+-- This path takes priority over plugin_paths, when prosody is searching for modules
+--installer_plugin_path = ""
+
 -- This is the list of modules Prosody will load on startup.
 -- It looks for mod_modulename.lua in the plugins folder, so make sure that exists too.
 -- Documentation for bundled modules can be found at: https://prosody.im/doc/modules

--- a/prosodyctl	Sat Aug 17 15:40:52 2019 +0200
+++ b/prosodyctl	Mon Aug 19 12:17:17 2019 +0100
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 -- prosodyctl - command-line controller for Prosody XMPP server
 
 -- Will be modified by configure script if run --
-
 CFG_SOURCEDIR=CFG_SOURCEDIR or os.getenv("PROSODY_SRCDIR");
 CFG_CONFIGDIR=CFG_CONFIGDIR or os.getenv("PROSODY_CFGDIR");
 CFG_PLUGINDIR=CFG_PLUGINDIR or os.getenv("PROSODY_PLUGINDIR");
@@ -77,6 +76,7 @@
 local show_yesno = prosodyctl.show_yesno;
 local show_prompt = prosodyctl.show_prompt;
 local read_password = prosodyctl.read_password;
+local call_luarocks = prosodyctl.call_luarocks;
 
 local jid_split = require "util.jid".prepped_split;
 
@@ -85,6 +85,30 @@
 local commands = {};
 local command = table.remove(arg, 1);
 
+function commands.install(arg)
+	if arg[1] == "--help" then
+		show_usage([[install]], [[Installs a prosody/luarocks plugin]]);
+		return 1;
+	end
+	call_luarocks(arg[1], "install")
+end
+
+function commands.remove(arg)
+	if arg[1] == "--help" then
+		show_usage([[remove]], [[Removes a module installed in the working directory's plugins folder]]);
+		return 1;
+	end
+	call_luarocks(arg[1], "remove")
+end
+
+function commands.list(arg)
+	if arg[1] == "--help" then
+		show_usage([[list]], [[Shows installed rocks]]);
+		return 1;
+	end
+	call_luarocks(arg[1], "list")
+end
+
 function commands.adduser(arg)
 	if not arg[1] or arg[1] == "--help" then
 		show_usage([[adduser JID]], [[Create the specified user account in Prosody]]);
@@ -1358,7 +1382,8 @@
 		print("Where COMMAND may be one of:\n");
 
 		local hidden_commands = require "util.set".new{ "register", "unregister", "addplugin" };
-		local commands_order = { "adduser", "passwd", "deluser", "start", "stop", "restart", "reload", "about" };
+		local commands_order = { "install", "remove", "list", "adduser", "passwd", "deluser", "start", "stop", "restart", "reload",
+			"about" };
 
 		local done = {};
 

--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/tools/make_repo.lua	Mon Aug 19 12:17:17 2019 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+print("Getting all the available modules")
+if os.execute '[ -e "./downloaded_modules" ]' then
+	os.execute("rm -rf downloaded_modules")
+end
+os.execute("hg clone https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules/ downloaded_modules")
+local i, popen = 0, io.popen
+local flag = "mod_"
+if os.execute '[ -e "./repository" ]' then
+	os.execute("mkdir repository")
+end
+local pfile = popen('ls -a "downloaded_modules"')
+for filename in pfile:lines() do
+	i = i + 1
+	if filename:sub(1, #flag) == flag then
+		local file = io.open("repository/"..filename.."-scm-1.rockspec", "w")
+		file:write('package = "'..filename..'"', '\n')
+		file:write('version = "scm-1"', '\n')
+		file:write('source = {', '\n')
+		file:write('\turl = "hg+https://hg.prosody.im/prosody-modules",', '\n')
+		file:write('\tdir = "prosody-modules"', '\n')
+		file:write('}', '\n')
+		file:write('description = {', '\n')
+		file:write('\thomepage = "https://prosody.im/",', '\n')
+		file:write('\tlicense = "MIT"', '\n')
+		file:write('}', '\n')
+		file:write('dependencies = {', '\n')
+		file:write('\t"lua >= 5.1"', '\n')
+		file:write('}', '\n')
+		file:write('build = {', '\n')
+		file:write('\ttype = "builtin",', '\n')
+		file:write('\tmodules = {', '\n')
+		file:write('\t\t["'..filename..'.'..filename..'"] = "'..filename..'/'..filename..'.lua"', '\n')
+		file:write('\t}', '\n')
+		file:write('}', '\n')
+		file:close()
+	end
+end
+pfile:close()
+os.execute("cd repository/ && luarocks-admin make_manifest ./ && chmod -R 644 ./*")
+print("")
+print("Done!. Modules' sources are locally available at ./downloaded_modules")
+print("Repository is available at ./repository")
+print("The repository contains all of prosody modules' respective rockspecs, as well as manifest files and an html Index")
+print("You can now either point your server to this folder, or copy its contents to another configured folder.")

--- a/util/paths.lua	Sat Aug 17 15:40:52 2019 +0200
+++ b/util/paths.lua	Mon Aug 19 12:17:17 2019 +0100
@@ -41,4 +41,20 @@
 	return t_concat({...}, path_sep);
 end
 
+function path_util.complement_lua_path(installer_plugin_path)
+	-- Checking for duplicates
+	-- The commands using luarocks need the path to the directory that has the /share and /lib folders.
+	local lua_version = _VERSION:match(" (.+)$");
+	local lua_path_sep = package.config:sub(3,3);
+	local dir_sep = package.config:sub(1,1);
+	local sub_path = dir_sep.."lua"..dir_sep..lua_version..dir_sep;
+	if not string.match(package.path, installer_plugin_path) then
+		package.path = package.path..lua_path_sep..installer_plugin_path..dir_sep.."share"..sub_path.."?.lua";
+		package.path = package.path..lua_path_sep..installer_plugin_path..dir_sep.."share"..sub_path.."?"..dir_sep.."init.lua";
+	end
+	if not string.match(package.path, installer_plugin_path) then
+		package.cpath = package.cpath..lua_path_sep..installer_plugin_path..dir_sep.."lib"..sub_path.."?.so";
+	end
+end
+
 return path_util;

--- a/util/pluginloader.lua	Sat Aug 17 15:40:52 2019 +0200
+++ b/util/pluginloader.lua	Mon Aug 19 12:17:17 2019 +0100
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@
 
 local function load_resource(plugin, resource)
 	resource = resource or "mod_"..plugin..".lua";
-
+	local lua_version = _VERSION:match(" (.+)$");
 	local names = {
 		"mod_"..plugin..dir_sep..plugin..dir_sep..resource; -- mod_hello/hello/mod_hello.lua
 		"mod_"..plugin..dir_sep..resource;                  -- mod_hello/mod_hello.lua
 		plugin..dir_sep..resource;                          -- hello/mod_hello.lua
 		resource;                                           -- mod_hello.lua
+		"share"..dir_sep.."lua"..dir_sep..lua_version..dir_sep.."mod_"..plugin..dir_sep..resource;
 	};
 
 	return load_file(names);

--- a/util/prosodyctl.lua	Sat Aug 17 15:40:52 2019 +0200
+++ b/util/prosodyctl.lua	Mon Aug 19 12:17:17 2019 +0100
@@ -39,6 +39,16 @@
 	end
 end
 
+local function show_module_configuration_help(mod_name)
+	print("Done.")
+	print("If you installed a prosody plugin, don't forget to add its name under the 'modules_enabled' section inside your configuration file.")
+	print("Depending on the module, there might be further configuration steps required.")
+	print("")
+	print("More info about: ")
+	print("	modules_enabled: https://prosody.im/doc/modules_enabled")
+	print("	"..mod_name..": https://modules.prosody.im/"..mod_name..".html")
+end
+
 local function getchar(n)
 	local stty_ret = os.execute("stty raw -echo 2>/dev/null");
 	local ok, char;
@@ -278,10 +288,36 @@
 	return true;
 end
 
+local function get_path_custom_plugins(plugin_paths)
+		-- I'm considering that the custom plugins' path is the first one at prosody.paths.plugins
+	-- luacheck: ignore 512
+	for path in plugin_paths:gmatch("[^;]+") do
+		return path;
+	end
+end
+
+local function call_luarocks(mod, operation)
+	local dir = get_path_custom_plugins(prosody.paths.plugins);
+	if operation == "install" then
+		show_message("Installing %s at %s", mod, dir);
+	elseif operation == "remove" then
+		show_message("Removing %s from %s", mod, dir);
+	end
+	if operation == "list" then
+		os.execute("luarocks list --tree='"..dir.."'")
+	else
+		os.execute("luarocks --tree='"..dir.."' --server='http://localhost/' "..operation.." "..mod);
+	end
+	if operation == "install" then
+		show_module_configuration_help(mod);
+	end
+end
+
 return {
 	show_message = show_message;
 	show_warning = show_message;
 	show_usage = show_usage;
+	show_module_configuration_help = show_module_configuration_help;
 	getchar = getchar;
 	getline = getline;
 	getpass = getpass;
@@ -297,4 +333,6 @@
 	start = start;
 	stop = stop;
 	reload = reload;
+	get_path_custom_plugins = get_path_custom_plugins;
+	call_luarocks = call_luarocks;
 };

--- a/util/startup.lua	Sat Aug 17 15:40:52 2019 +0200
+++ b/util/startup.lua	Mon Aug 19 12:17:17 2019 +0100
@@ -227,13 +227,19 @@
 
 function startup.setup_plugindir()
 	local custom_plugin_paths = config.get("*", "plugin_paths");
+	local installer_plugin_path = config.get("*", "installer_plugin_path") or "custom_plugins";
+	local path_sep = package.config:sub(3,3);
+	installer_plugin_path = config.resolve_relative_path(require "lfs".currentdir(), installer_plugin_path);
+	require "lfs".mkdir(installer_plugin_path);
+	require"util.paths".complement_lua_path(installer_plugin_path);
 	if custom_plugin_paths then
-		local path_sep = package.config:sub(3,3);
 		-- path1;path2;path3;defaultpath...
 		-- luacheck: ignore 111
 		CFG_PLUGINDIR = table.concat(custom_plugin_paths, path_sep)..path_sep..(CFG_PLUGINDIR or "plugins");
 		prosody.paths.plugins = CFG_PLUGINDIR;
 	end
+	CFG_PLUGINDIR = installer_plugin_path..path_sep..(CFG_PLUGINDIR or "plugins");
+	prosody.paths.plugins = CFG_PLUGINDIR;
 end
 
 function startup.chdir()