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If you're doing project development, a useful resource is **the output console**. To open it, use `lovec.exe` rather than `love.exe`.

You can also append the directory where `love` is in to the `PATH` [environment variable](/wiki/glossary#environment-variable).

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### Running Kristal's sources on other platforms

On other platforms, you can easily just run `love path/to/kristal` in a terminal once it's installed.
On other platforms, you can easily just run `love path/to/kristal` in a terminal once it's installed. This is typically the case if you installed it using a package manager.


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### Environment variable

AKA "`env` vars", are variables whose values can be read from anywhere.

[See](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable)

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### Repository

Most of the time, we're referring to a "Git repository", which is a way for developers to manage and share their code.
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Kristal is built on top of [LÖVE](https://love2d.org/), a framework for making 2D games in Lua.

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