Where can I find and install the dependencies for pygame?

Question

I am relatively new to linux and am trying to install the pygame dev environment for python. When I run the setup.py it says that I need to install the following dependencie

Answer 1

Behold, one of the most useful tools on debian-based dsitros:

apt-get build-dep python-pygame

Installs all the dependences required to build pygame :)

On Fedora:

yum-builddep package_name

Answer 2

If you run one of supported Linux distributions (see "Unix Distributions" section), you just install pygame from a repository, and dependencies are installed, too.

Generally, you need SDL (libsdl and friends), Python, Numpy.

Answer 3

My list for Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -Sy sdl_ttf sdl_sound sdl_image sdl_mixer portmidi

Answer 4

For debian, there is a pre-built package available. See here. You should be able to install it with apt-get or something similar.

Answer 5

$ sudo apt-get install python-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsmpeg-dev python-numpy subversion libportmidi-dev ffmpeg libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev

Or sorted slightly:

sudo apt-get install \
  python-dev \
  python-numpy \
  subversion \
  ffmpeg \
  libsdl1.2-dev \
  libsdl-image1.2-dev \
  libsdl-mixer1.2-dev \
  libsdl-ttf2.0-dev \
  libavcodec-dev \
  libavformat-dev \
  libportmidi-dev \
  libsmpeg-dev \
  libswscale-dev \

Answer 6

on ubuntu 20.04 as of this date I had the SDL missing error and found a solution only to run into a freetype error then had to reinstall because the --user option in the python3 pip command kept me from accessing the module

Here is a one line solution that worked for me with python version 3.8.2:

sudo apt-get install python-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsdl1.2-dev libsmpeg-dev python-numpy subversion libportmidi-dev ffmpeg libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev install libfreetype6-dev && python3 pip -m install -u pygame