--- ./src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua	2022-11-01 02:42:26.659749921 +0530
+++ ./src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua	2022-11-01 02:39:51.899749980 +0530
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
       defaults.static_lib_extension = "a"
       defaults.external_lib_extension = "so"
       defaults.obj_extension = "o"
-      defaults.external_deps_dirs = { "/usr/local", "/usr", "/" }
+      defaults.external_deps_dirs = { "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/local", "@TERMUX_PREFIX@" }

       defaults.variables.CFLAGS = os.getenv("CFLAGS") or "-O2"
       -- we pass -fPIC via CFLAGS because of old Makefile-based Lua projects