LÖVE

So i haven't used ubuntu in ages, And i'm trying to get 0.9.0 to work on it but i cant. I downloaded all the shit from the main page, And tried installing all the packages, Can't install liblove because "Dependency is not satisfiable: libsdl2 (>=2.0.1)". And can't install the other 2 because "Dependency is not satisfiable: liblove(=0.9.0)".
So i guess the problem is libsdl2 rather than löve. I googled it, Installed like 34 (hyperbole) different packages and still nothing.

There's a libsdl2 package in the ppa, which I recommend you use anyway.

Okay i've done that (i think) and it changed nothing.
I ran the command "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bartbes/love-stable", it says it imported something or whatever, I even restarted just for the hell of it and still get the same thing.

You also need to run 'apt-get update', and then you can just 'apt-get install love' (both using sudo).

I did run "apt-get update" before i restarted, Didn't change much. But now that i've ran "apt-get install love" it worked like a charm, Thanks.

I had a similar issue with an older version of ubuntu, what version are you using?

For me, since the libsdl2 package didn't exist I had to install love by compiling from source, and resolving dependencies in the configure process.

chanko08 wrote:I had a similar issue with an older version of ubuntu, what version are you using?

For me, since the libsdl2 package didn't exist I had to install love by compiling from source, and resolving dependencies in the configure process.

I just updated to 13.10 cause whatever i had previously (13.04 i think) wasn't compatible with 0.9.0. Or maybe it was, I just jumped to that conclusion since the homepage only mentions 12.04 and 13.10.

Yeah that definitely rings a bell, my laptop is using 13.04 now. Maybe it's time for an upgrade.

It lists 12.04 up to and including 13.10.

Ubuntu Linux 12.04 is behind in several of the libraries. It has to do with the hardware input among other things like SDL 2. (I think I got that right. ) I believe versions above 12.04 could probably compile the source without using the PPA.

The problem I have is that while I can download the files from the PPA for 12.04, the files don't execute. You can still run "love" from a terminal session to get the "baby inspector" guy who says "no game." I had to manually associate the "love" executable to the ".love" file extension, but the problem is that unlike Windows, Ubuntu will start to think all zip files should open under "love". It recognizes the file itself instead of the extension. I switched temporarily to the Thunar file manager so that I could create a file association between ".love" files and "love". After that, I switched back to Nautilus. Basically, I created an entry under "Open With" that I can click to run ".love" files.

I am sticking with 12.04. However, it's going to take some time for the updates to trickle down. Failing all that, you could try to experiment with ZeroBrane in my signature. It runs code just fine, unless it comes to a hardware compatibility issue.