can't find love

[CarbonBeast]

hello i just downloaded and installed löve from the ubuntu software-center but i cant find it on my pc, what do i have to dooo?

[Germanunkol]

Easiest way to run it is to open up a console (CTRL+ALT+T by default, or search your dash for "terminal") and then type:

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love

... and press enter.
That will bring up the default rubber piggy.

If you want to run a finished .love file made by someone else, simply double click the .love file.
If you're trying to run your own code, then you need a main.lua file in some folder. Then open up the console as before and type

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cd /path/to/folder

... and press enter. That gets you to the folder.
You can also type cd, then space, and then drag and drop the folder into the console, then press enter.
After that, just type

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love .

The . here specifies "the current folder", so it tells love to run the current folder (the one with the main.lua file in it)
For example:

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user@COMPUTER:~$ cd Projects/MyAwesomeGame
user@COMPUTER:~/Projects/MyAwesomeGame$ love .