--- a/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
+++ b/src/luarocks/core/cfg.lua
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
          MKDIR = "mkdir",
          RMDIR = "rmdir",
          CP = "cp",
-         LN = "ln",
+         LN = "ln -s",
          LS = "ls",
          RM = "rm",
          FIND = "find",
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
       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