Cannot use LÖVE after installation

[marare]

Hi
I'm new to LÖVE. Installation from version 0.91 under Linux Mint 17. When I start LOVE from terminal I get a comic screen messaging "no game!". The "Hello world"-example under LUA 5.2.3 ends in "attempt to index global 'love' (a nil value)...". Is LÖVE installed correctly ? What do I have to do ?
marare

[slime]

Is LÖVE installed correctly ? What do I have to do ?

Yep! Check out the [wiki]Getting Started[/wiki] wiki page.

[marare]

Thanks for your quick answer.
But I followed "wiki: Getting started" step by step without success Error "Nil" may mean that LÖVE is not correctly installed ?! Please help.

[slime]

It sounds like you're trying to run your code through a separate Lua interpreter. Normally you'd run the love binary directly, e.g.

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love /path/to/my/game_folder/

Where game_folder has main.lua inside.

[marare]

Correct. I started code from Lua interpreter.
Will try your advice later back at home

[marare]

Sorry, but I have still no success.
I created a file "main.lua" on the desktop containing the "hello world"-example. If I try to execute it by terminal

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me@mint ~/Desktop $ love

I still get the comic screen messaging "no game!". What is my mistake ?

[marare]

... aaah
Now it works
Starting from root directory by

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me@mint / $ love /home/me/Desktop/

Strange behavior...
Many thanks for your help !!!