Wally doesn't install packages

[ZeeMAN255]

1. What do you want to achieve? I want to install packages with Wally in VS code.

2. What is the issue? I can’t do that for an unknown reason.
   my wally.toml:

[package]
name = "user/test"
version = "0.1.0"
registry = "https://github.com/UpliftGames/wally-index"
realm = "shared"

[dependencies]
Knit = "sleitnick/knit@1.7.0"

[server-dependencies]
ProfileStore = "lm-loleris/profilestore@1.0.3"

and output after wally install:

PS C:\Users\user\Documents\RobloxProjects\Test> wally install
[INFO ] Updating package index https://github.com/UpliftGames/wally-index...
   Resolved 0 dependencies
  Generated lockfile
    Cleaned package destination
[INFO ] Downloaded 0 packages!

4. What solutions have you tried so far? I tried using “wally install” but as you can see the command works but it doesn’t install anything.

[towerscripter1386 (Tower)]

I know this is not a direct solution to the problem you are having. But nonetheless I will suggest it:

Have you considered using the default studio editor and manual package managing? Roblox isn’t exactly the most complex platform. And using knit or a package manager seems like overkill for most of the purposes.

[ZeeMAN255]

Well that sounds like a good idea but I just don’t understand why I can’t just download those packages in VScode. That’s weird

[towerscripter1386 (Tower)]

Most likely the cause is a fact alone of questionable usefulness of package manager on Roblox. ProfileStore is not available on Wally. Neither is Knit.

You also need to consider replacing Knit with a more modern solution, either from somewhere or to make it manually. Luau provides its own typing system, and Knit wasn’t updated to support it.