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How to install Lua, Love2D, and ZeroBrane on Linux
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Steps to install curl

sudo apt update
sudo apt install curl

Steps to install Lua:

curl -R -O http://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
tar zxf lua-5.3.5.tar.gz
cd lua-5.3.5
make linux test

sudo make install

Note: Above, "make linux test" may take a while

Steps to install LOVE/LOVE 2D:

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

sudo apt install love

To install ZeroBrane (IDE/Editor for Lua):

Go to this link - https://studio.zerobrane.com/download
Click Linux 32/64 bit (shell archive) (this will download a file called ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh)

Go to where you downloaded ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh
Right click in the folder and click open terminal

Use the following commands to install:

	chmod +x ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh
	sudo ./ZeroBraneStudioEduPack-1.80-linux.sh
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