How To Install love on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install love on Debian 11. love is 2D game development framework based on Lua and OpenGL

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install love on Debian 11.

What is love

love is:

L?VE was created to be a user-friendly engine in which simple (or complicated) games could be made without having extensive knowledge of system or graphics functions and without having to dedicate time towards developing the same engine features time and time again.

Developed with cross-platform implementation in mind, it utilizes the latest open source libraries to deliver a similar game experience, independent of operating system. By relying on the Lua scripting language for game-specific programming, it allows even the novice game creator to quickly and efficiently develop an idea into a fully working game.

There are three methods to install love on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install love Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install love using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install love

Install love Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install love using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install love

Install love Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install love using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install love

How To Uninstall love on Debian 11

To uninstall only the love package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove love

Uninstall love And Its Dependencies

To uninstall love and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove love

Remove love Configurations and Data

To remove love configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge love

Remove love configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove love configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge love

Dependencies

love have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install love package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.