Re: [pygame] Updated Compilation Instructions for Ubuntu

[William Manire <williamkmanire@xxxxxxxxx>]

Awesome! Thanks for verifying.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 5:01 AM, Gino Ingras <ginoingras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> had tested intall on pysical machine mint17,  i3-2100 CPU @ 3.10GHz
>
> you've forgot :
> #apt-get install libfreetype6-dev
> install work great...
>
>>>> import pygame
>>>> pygame.version.ver
> '1.9.2a0'
> and it seems to work like a charm.
> pygame doesn't appear in package manager (should be a .deb package?).
>
> #apt-get install solarwolf, which install pygame 1.9.1, ok. but:
>>>> import pygame
>>>> pygame.version.ver
> '1.9.1release'
>
> after uninstall pygame by synaptic:
>>>> import pygame
>>>> pygame.version.ver
> '1.9.2a0'
> and it seems to work like a charm again.
>
> you should add instructions how to select specific version, in case of.
>
> Thanks,
> GinoIngras
>
> 2015-03-12 23:46 GMT+01:00 William Manire <williamkmanire@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> After some experimentation I was able to install pygame into a virtual
>> environment in Linux Minth 17.1, which is very similar to Ubuntu in
>> most respects.
>>
>> I took the liberty to update the wiki entry for compilation with new
>> instructions for setting this up. I also updated the dependencies to
>> use libav-tools since ffmpeg is no longer available in the package
>> manager.
>>
>> http://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileUbuntu
>>
>> If anyone has the time to verify the instructions are accurate and
>> actually work for someone other than myself that would be wonderful!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> wkmanire
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