If you want to have experimental version and have the source, do: # tar xvfj love-0.9.98.tar.bz2 # cd love-0.9.98 # cat ../understanding-her.patch | patch -Np1 or # cat ../understanding-him.patch | patch -Np1 # ./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var/lib && make # sudo make install Yes, we don't have to search for it and it already packaged by some distros. You may only: # apt-get install love or # emerge love or # yum love But, package manager doesn't have the ability to resolve dependency problem. Be aware that you cannot install it just like that. Sometimes, there are conflicting packages that cannot be installed with love. For instance, a version of libfamily-1.4.3 is conflicting with love-0.9.x because it has the dependency of 0.8.x version. We can just try to install 0.9.x series of love, but it is risky and sometimes can lead the system unrendered. Besides, the 0.9.x is an experimental version. Many have reported the success of installing...