[pygame] Re: pygame sdl_image png/jpeg support

[AntCox <antony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have finally got pygame working. Some issues seemed to be the result
of the version of Ubuntu I am using (11.10). I manually added the
location of the png.h to the config_unix.py then found a missing
video.h file which is no longer supplied in 11.10 and is also named
something else in the package available from apt. I had to find it in
another package then symlink it back to the correct filename and
location. I suspect this will be a problem with all new Ubuntu
versions until patched. I'm sorry this is all a little vague but I
crashed my system shortly after getting it working and lost my notes
detailing filenames and packages.

Also, wanted to say thanks to helpless from the pygame irc channel who
helped me a lot to get it working.

On Feb 17, 1:44 am, Lenard Lindstrom <le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
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> Try the attached Setup file. Just put it in the same directory as setup.py.
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> Lenard Lindstrom
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> On 14/02/12 01:23 PM, AntCox wrote:
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> > Thank you for your reply Lenard. I have read the post you linked and I
> > am unsure which file needs editing. Setup.in does not seem to exist in
> > the pygame directory after checking it out from the repo. Is that
> > another system file, a Python file or a typo? I haven't used Python
> > very much, and pygame not at all so I am quite unfamiliar with the
> > structure. If you or anyone else could be a little more verbose/
> > specific with your suggestions it would be appreciated.
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Ant
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> > On Feb 14, 8:57 pm, Lenard Lindstrom<le...@xxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >> Hi,
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> >> The solution would be to use ldconfig in config_unix.py to determine if
> >> a library is available, then let ld find it. So for libraries such as
> >> png and jpeg Setup would only have -l<lib>  directives, but no
> >> corresponding -L<lib-paths>.
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> >> The relevant pygame-user thread is here:
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> >> <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.pygame/23502>
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> >> Lenard Lindstrom
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> >> On 14/02/12 09:32 AM, Ren Dudfield wrote:
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>  Setup
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