Distribution, lets tackle this thing

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thelinx wrote:Great guide, nevon. One error, though:
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uninstall:
	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/omgwords/appname.love
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Building standalone debian packages

So, most of the time you may not care to create a "proper" package or uploading it to a PPA. So in case you want a 2 minute packaging guide, here it is. This way of creating packages will probably make real packagers cry in pain, so I'm sorry for that, but it's your own damned fault for making it so complex. :(

In this version of the guide, we want to create a directory that exactly reflects how the final package should look. Here's my example:

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PackageContainerDir
├── DEBIAN
│   └── control
└── usr
    ├── local
    │   ├── bin
    │   │   └── launcher
    │   └── games
    │       └── appname.love
    └── share
        ├── applications
        │   └── appname.desktop
        └── icons
            └── hicolor
                ├── 22x22
                │   └── apps
                │       └── iconname.png
                ├── 24x24
                │   └── apps
                │       └── iconname.png
                ├── 32x32
                │   └── apps
                │       └── iconname.png
                ├── 48x48
                │   └── apps
                │       └── iconname.png
                └── scalable
                    └── apps
                        └── iconname.svg
I'm not going to go into what the files need to contain, because they'll look almost exactly the same as in the other guide. The only difference would be the paths. You can also include the other files from the other example (the ones in the debian directory) if you want, but this is the bare minimum.

Once you have this all set up, all you need to do is run the following command:

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dpkg-deb --build PackageContainerDir
That's it. You now have a debian package called PackageContainerDir.deb wherever you executed the command.

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I updated my ppa script quite a bit, I'll look into backporting the changes.. soonish.
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Can someone link me a download for Windows Installer?
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Windows LÖVE installer? Here it is
0.8.0 x86 and 0.8.0 x64
lf = love.filesystem
ls = love.sound
la = love.audio
lp = love.physics
lt = love.thread
li = love.image
lg = love.graphics
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Nixola wrote:Windows LÖVE installer? Here it is
0.8.0 x86 and 0.8.0 x64
I think he was referring to this. I think this may be useful.
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