安装pygame ubuntu时遇到问题

Question

I'm having a lot of trouble installing pygame. I'm running ubuntu. I'm trying to install it with 'pip install pygame' but I keep getting an error message:

     Unable to run "sdl-config". Please make sure a development version of SDL is installed.

I've tried downloading the source from the pygame website but still its not working i just get the same error when i try and run setup.py.

Any Ideas? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The easiest way to install Pygame on Ubuntu is through apt . Just run sudo apt-get install python-pygame , and it will handle all the native dependencies for you. pip is better for pure-python dependencies or if you have to use it (eg, in a virtualenv).

Answer 2

If u got error like 404 Not Found when run
sudo apt-get install python-pygame

Then this link can help you
https://community.webfaction.com/questions/315/how-do-i-install-pygame

Answer 3

Here is the solution that worked for me:

sudo apt-get build-dep python-pygame
sudo apt-get install python-dev
sudo apt-get install libv4l-dev
cd /usr/include/linux
sudo ln -s ../libv4l1-videodev.h videodev.h

and finally run the pip command (can be done through virtualenv or conda):

pip install 'Pygame == 1.9.1release' --allow-external Pygame --allow-unverified Pygame

Answer 4

In pycharm specifying a dev version (in my case 2.0.0.dev8) fixed that problem for me.
Here's the after: