Installing Love 0.7.2 on Linux Mint

[fer0x]

Isn't mint an ubuntu derivative? Meaning you could've used my ppa?
Even if you use the debian edition, there are packages for debian.

yeah im dumb but not that dumb ..... the packages for linux mint 9 ( Isadora) had love 0.5.0 for which is more than outdated and there is literally no docuentation or support online so!! may be now you get my point no offense but please research jus a bit may be , before saying something ciao

oh ya for the record and my view on the under debate going on " I LOVE LINUX" <3
otherwise i wouldnt have gone through all this!!

[fer0x]

I feel like Linux Mint should have packages for SDL, DevIL and PhysFS. Have you tried searching properly?

ya i did and maybe they do but the "software manager" for mint 9 does not list them! P.S the search option is very vague!!

[fer0x]

That's what package managers are for. If Linux Mint had a recent deb package of LÖVE in their repositories, you would only have to run "sudo apt-get install love" and all dependencies and everything would be installed automagically.

I don't know of a good reason why things can't be self-contained these days.

That's stupid. Imagine the file sizes of even a simple program if you had to embed several libraries into it, libraries that are used by loads of other programs on your system.

Once again bro please read that im talking bout mint 9 isadora!! which has an older version love 0.5.0 in its packages!!!

I WANT THE NEW SHIT!!!!!

[T-Bone]

Ferox, stop double posting. You can edit your own posts. Also, look through your posts for spelling errors before posting.

Using a PPA or a deb file should work, shouldn't it? Linux mint is based on ubuntu, so use the ubuntu deb that matches the Ubuntu version your Linux Mint is based upon.

[nevon]

Code: Select all

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bartbes/love-stable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install love

[bartbes]

What about you do your research?

[fer0x]

I did my research didn't find any result.... why else would i finally come down to such a long solution!!!

and thanks for the direction now this was one answer finally helps
somebody told me a long time back "you wont be able to get few answers without embarrassing yourself"!
i guess i know what he meant now .

[Jasoco]

I don't know of a good reason why things can't be self-contained these days.

That's stupid. Imagine the file sizes of even a simple program if you had to embed several libraries into it, libraries that are used by loads of other programs on your system.

That's how most Mac OS X apps work you know. A Mac app is just a folder package with all the resources, libraries and the binary inside of it. Apps that you can just download and drag and drop to install are self-contained. Ones that come with installers will place the libraries in the shared library folders for use by other apps. But most are just drag and drop. And it is very convenient.

Hell, LÖVE ITSELF on OS X is self contained.

[T-Bone]

I don't know of a good reason why things can't be self-contained these days.

That's stupid. Imagine the file sizes of even a simple program if you had to embed several libraries into it, libraries that are used by loads of other programs on your system.

That's how most Mac OS X apps work you know. A Mac app is just a folder package with all the resources, libraries and the binary inside of it. Apps that you can just download and drag and drop to install are self-contained. Ones that come with installers will place the libraries in the shared library folders for use by other apps. But most are just drag and drop. And it is very convenient.

Hell, LÖVE ITSELF on OS X is self contained.

It's common on Windows as well. That does not mean it's a good idea. I mean, it works, but takes up space.

On the other hand, the system Linux uses relies on an automatic dependency system, which works great most of the time. Only problem is when you try to do something outside of the system, like the topic creator did here. This is almost never necessary, as in this case.

Also, ferox, I just have to ask, did you try to install the 7.2 Love deb for Ubuntu 10.04 before you did all this? Because I know others with Mint who did that and it worked.

[Jasoco]

I'll just say that I prefer easy self-contained drag and drop installation, no matter what platform it is, over requiring an installer any day.