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### NAME
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`love-release.sh` -- Bash script to generate Love 2D game releases
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### INSTALLATION
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First clone the repository, then you have two choices:
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- you can build the script and install it on your system, and benefit of command-line completion, man page and extensibility,
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- or make an embedded version with every thing you need in one file
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Alternatively, you could also change the installation directories by editing the Makefile.
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```shell
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# Install on your system (assumes root rights)
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make
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make install
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# All-in-one
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make embedded
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```
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To remove love-release, if you haven't changed the default installation directories, run `make remove`.
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### SYNOPSIS
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`love-release.sh [-adlmw] [-n project_name] [-r release_dir] [-v love_version] [FILES...]`
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### DESCRIPTION
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love-release.sh can be used to generate Love 2D game applications
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and get over the fastidious zipping commands you had to do.
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The script fully supports Windows, MacOS either on x86 or x64,
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Debian and Android packages.
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It needs an Internet connection to download Love files,
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and relies on `curl`, `zip` and `unzip` commands.
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### CONFIGURATION
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You can install `lua` and add a `conf.lua` to your project to get automatic releases.
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See the `conf.lua` file included to see how configuration works.
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### OPTIONS
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`-h` Print a short help
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`--help` Print this longer help
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#### OPERATING SYSTEMS
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`-a` Create an Android package.
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In order to create an Android package, you must have installed the Android SDK.
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See [Building LÖVE for Android](https://bitbucket.org/MartinFelis/love-android-sdl2/wiki/Building_L%C3%96VE_for_Android_-_Linux),
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but there is no need to install the [LÖVE port to Android](https://bitbucket.org/MartinFelis/love-android-sdl2),
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as the script will handle this by itself.
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You also might want to provide more informations about it.
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See the ANDROID section below.
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`-d` Create a deb package. Aimed at Debian and Ubuntu derivatives.
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In order to create a Debian package, you must provide more informations about it.
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See the DEBIAN section below.
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`-l` Create a plain Love file. It is just a zip of your sources, renamed in \*.love.
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Mostly aimed at Linux players or developers and the most common distribution process.
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`-m` Create MacOS application.
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Starting with Love 0.9.0, Love no longer supports old x86 Macintosh.
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If you are targeting one of these, your project must be developped with Love 0.8.0 or lower.
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Depending on the Love version used, the script will choose which one,
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between x64 only or Universal Build to create.
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`-w` Create Windows application.
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Starting with Love 0.8.0, a release is specially available for Windows x64.
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If you are targeting one of these, your project must be developed with Love 0.8.0 or newer.
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Remember that x86 is always backwards compatible with x64.
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Depending on the Love version used, the script will choose which one,
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between x64 and x86 or x86 only to create.
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`-w32` Create Windows x86 executable only
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`-w64` Create Windows x64 executable only
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#### PROJECT OPTIONS
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`-n` Set the projects name. By default, the name of the current directory is used.
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`-r` Set the release directory. By default, a subdirectory called releases is created.
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`-v` Love version. Default is 0.9.1.
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Starting with Love 0.8.0, a release is specially available for Windows x64.
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Starting with Love 0.9.0, Love no longer supports old x86 Macintosh.
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`-x` Exclude file or directory.
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`--description` Set the description of your project.
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`--homepage` Set the homepage of your project.
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#### WINDOWS
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You can create an installer. If you don’t, you will have zip of a folder
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containing your game executable and its dlls.
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Creating installers and using icons require [Wine](http://www.winehq.org/) to be installed.
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When the script installs Resource Hacker or Inno Setup, an install wizard GUI will appear.
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Please let everything as is, do not uncheck checkboxes or replace installation directory.
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`--win-icon` Path to an ico file to use.
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`--win-installer` Create an installer with [Inno Setup](http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php).
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`--win-appid` Your game ID. You can use a GUID/UUID and generate one with `uuidgen`.
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It should remain the same between updates.
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Mandatory if using an installer, not needed for a simple zip.
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`--win-maintainer-name` Set the maintainer’s name.
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Mandatory if using an installer, not needed for a simple zip.
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`--win-package-name` Set the name of your package.
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Mandatory if using an installer, not needed for a simple zip.
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`--win-package-version` Set the version of your package.
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Mandatory if using an installer, not needed for a simple zip.
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#### MAC OS X
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`--osx-icon` Path to an icns file to use.
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`--osx-maintainer-name` Set the maintainer’s name. Provide it for OS X CFBundleIdentifier.
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#### DEBIAN
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`--deb-icon` Path to a single folder where icons are stored.
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To be properly recognized, icons filename must contain `YYxYY`,
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where `YY` is the resolution of the icon.
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SVG files are recognized if suffixed with `.svg`.
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Other files will be ignored.
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`--maintainer-email` Set the maintainer’s email.
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`--deb-maintainer-name` Set the maintainer’s name.
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`--deb-package-name` Set the name of the package and the command that will be used to launch your game.
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By default, it is the name of your project converted to lowercase,
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with eventual spaces replaced by dashes.
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`--deb-package-version` Set the version of your package.
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#### ANDROID
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Note that every argument passed to the options should be alphanumerical,
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with eventual underscores (i.e. [a-zA-Z0-9\_]), otherwise you'll get errors.
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`--apk-icon` Path to a single folder where icons are stored.
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The script will first look up for filename that contains
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`42x42`, `72x72`, `96x96` or `144x144`.
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It will then search the icon directory for subdirectories like
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`drawable-mdpi`, `drawable-hdpi`, `drawable-xhdpi` and `drawable-xxhdpi`
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to find an `ic_launcher.png` image.
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OUYA icon (size `732x412`, or `drawable-xhdpi/ouya_icon.png`) is supported.
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`--apk-activity` The name of the class that extends GameActivity.
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By default it is the name of the project with ‘Activity’ appended,
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eventual spaces and dashes replaced by underscores.
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`--apk-maintainer-name` Set the maintainer’s name.
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It must be only alphanumerical characters, with eventual underscores.
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`--apk-package-name` Set the name of the package.
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By default, it is the name of your project, with eventual spaces replaced by underscores.
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`--apk-package-version` Set the version of your package.
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`--update-android` Update the love-android-sdl2.git repository used in the cache.
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#### OTHERS
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`--clean` Clean the cache located in `~/.cache/love-release`.
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One can replace the Love files there.
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#### MODULES
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The script is modular.
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Each different platform is handled by a subscript stored in `scripts`.
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If you’d like to add the support of another platform,
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or write your own build script, see `scripts/example.sh`.
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#### ICONS
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The script doesn’t yet handle the process of creating icons,
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but if provided it can use them.
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- if you want to create MacOS icons (.icns), and you are
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- running MacOS, then check [iconutil](https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/userexperience/conceptual/applehiguidelines/IconsImages/IconsImages.html).
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- running GNU/Linux, then check [libicns](http://icns.sourceforge.net/).
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- if you want to create Windows icons (.ico), you can
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- use [icoutils](http://www.nongnu.org/icoutils/) to create the icon,
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- then [Wine](http://www.winehq.org/) and [Resource Hacker](http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/) to set the icon.
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This last step can be automatically done, assuming Wine is installed.
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### SEE ALSO
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[https://www.love2d.org](https://www.love2d.org)
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[https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distribution](https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Game_Distribution)
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[https://www.github.com/MisterDA/love-release](https://www.github.com/MisterDA/love-release)
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### THANKS
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The work done on Debian packaging is highly inspired by what [josefnpat](http://josefnpat.com/) did.
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Thanks to him !
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