How to Install Pygame to Python 3 on Ubuntu
Installation
Start by installing all necessary dependencies, and mercurial and checkinstall for the installation:
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sudo apt-get install python3-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsmpeg-dev python-numpy libportmidi-dev ffmpeg libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev checkinstall mercurial |
Then download the latest version of the
Pygame source code with the following command (this uses mercurial):
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hg clone
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Go into the downloaded Pygame directory:
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cd pygame |
Compile the source code by typing this command into the terminal:
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python3 setup.py build |
Finally install Pygame by doing this:
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sudo checkinstall python3 setup.py install |
Extra stuff
Click here to read why you should use checkinstall.
Use this command to see information about your pygame installation:
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apt-get cache show pygame |
And this command to uninstall Pygame:
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dpkg -r pygame |
or:
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sudo apt-get remove pygame |
Notes
The most recent stable pygame version when writing this is 1.9.1 (which is from August 2009). I did this installation on Ubuntu 12.04 and this was needed since there isn’t a python3-pygame available in the repository.
Posted on: June 16, 2012, 14:36 by
Categories:
Linux,
Programming,
Ubuntu
Tags: Compile,
Linux,
Programming,
Pygame, Python,
Python 3,
Ubuntu
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