Re: [pygame] Updated Compilation Instructions for Ubuntu

[William Manire <williamkmanire@xxxxxxxxx>]

No, but this mainly concerns new games. You should be writing new
games for Python 3.x+ with pygame 1.9.2 to be honest.

On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 12:48 PM, Gino Ingras <ginoingras@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> last tests was with pyhton 2.7.6
>
> on an other pysical machine mint17, and python3.4.0, CPU   Q9300  @ 2.50GHz
> pygame 1.9.1 default installed by synaptic, and work perfectly with
> python2.7.6
>
> $python3
>>>> import pygame
> ImportError: No module named 'pygame'
> never tried, but seems python3 doesn't support default packaged pygame1.9.1.
>
> pygame for python3 installed as wiki + libfreetype6-dev
> report "Erreur lors de la concatÃnation de /usr/share/doc-base/kino-en avec
> /usr/share/doc-base/kino-fr : le format html est dÃjà dÃfini."
> which seems a minor alert, kino works.
> $python3
>>>> import pygame
>>>> pygame.version.ver
> '1.9.2a0'
>
> i don't (never) use python3 with pygame.
> but seems to report errors with games tested when :
>
> pygame.image.load(imagename)
> pygame.error: File is not a Windows BMP file
>
> ex: http://www.pygame.org/project-Pong-2878-.html
> i don't know if these games tested really works with python3 (maybe only for
> windows?).
>
> do you have an application  link where python3+pygame1.9.1 is working?
>
>
> 2015-03-13 17:56 GMT+01:00 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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