I am confused on how to play a game on linux

[Spirit19]

Now I get the error sayin that love is not installed but I know I installed it in the software center.

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love ~/Desktop/game

this is what I typed in.

[BozoDel]

Just to clarify things.

First of all, you should know that a .love file is just a zipped folder, and that's why you can "execute" a folder like that.

Now, let's assume your main.lua is in a folder called mygame, in your desktop. That makes it a love folder, which you can open with LÖVE as if it were a .love file.

Now there's two ways of doing it. The first is to do it in a single shot:

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love ~/Desktop/mygame

The tilde is a shorthand for /home/yourusername. I'm assuming that your Ubuntu is in English (cause the Desktop can receive other names in other languages). Also pay attention that Linux is case-sensitive, so it won't work if you type desktop instead of Desktop. But you get it, that command runs that folder with love.

But there's a slightly different way. First, you go to that folder:

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cd ~/Desktop/mygame

cd means "change directory".

And once you're there:

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love .

The dot means "this folder I'm in".

I don't hang much around these forums nowadays, but you can PM me if you need any Ubuntu-specific help.


EDIT: Oops, seems I was a bit late. Or maybe I didn't read the whole thread, sorry. Anyway... can you try installing löve again? Maybe from the command line with:

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sudo apt-get install love

Also, are installing from Ubuntu's repos, or from löve's PPA? Cause the first one might be outdated.

[Spirit19]

Well, you are very helpful sir (not that others werent). I have the PPA i just didnt do anything else after that cuz i didnt know how. do i do

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sudo apt update
sudo apt-get install love

[Spirit19]

It worked! Thanks to all who helped me. Especially you Bozodel!

[BozoDel]

You're welcome!

(I'm glad you remembered apt update, I totally forgot about it)

[Jimanzium]

An easier way to do this would be to:

Press ctrl + alt + t to open the terminal.
Type "love" and a space.
Drag and drop the folder with all the games files in (main.lua, conf.lua etc.) or a .love onto the terminal to where you typed "love"
Press enter, the game/app should start.