Today I will show you how to install the python PyGame version 2.0 package with python version 3.9 in Fedora 33 distro.
Let's install all Fedora packages need for this python package:
[root@desk pygame]# dnf install SDL2-devel.x86_64
...
Installed:
SDL2-devel-2.0.12-4.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
[root@desk pygame]# dnf install SDL2_ttf-devel.x86_64
...
Installed:
SDL2_ttf-2.0.15-6.fc33.x86_64 SDL2_ttf-devel-2.0.15-6.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
[root@desk pygame]# dnf install SDL2_image-devel.x86_64
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Installed:
SDL2_image-2.0.5-5.fc33.x86_64 SDL2_image-devel-2.0.5-5.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
[root@desk pygame]# dnf install SDL2_mixer-devel.x86_64
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Installed:
SDL2_mixer-2.0.4-7.fc33.x86_64 SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.4-7.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
[root@desk pygame]# dnf install SDL2_gfx-devel.x86_64
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Installed:
SDL2_gfx-1.0.4-3.fc33.x86_64 SDL2_gfx-devel-1.0.4-3.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
[root@desk pygame]# dnf install portmidi-devel.x86_64
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Installed:
portmidi-devel-217-38.fc33.x86_64
Complete!
Use this command to clone it from
GitHub and install it:
[mythcat@desk ~]$ git clone https://github.com/pygame/pygame
Cloning into 'pygame'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 4, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (4/4), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (4/4), done.
remote: Total 38509 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 38505
Receiving objects: 100% (38509/38509), 17.78 MiB | 11.66 MiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (29718/29718), done.
[mythcat@desk ~]$ cd pygame/
[mythcat@desk pygame]$ python3.9 setup.py install --user
WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py"
Using UNIX configuration...
Hunting dependencies...
SDL : found 2.0.12
FONT : found
IMAGE : found
MIXER : found
PNG : found
JPEG : found
SCRAP : found
PORTMIDI: found
PORTTIME: found
FREETYPE: found 23.4.17
If you get compiler errors during install, double-check
the compiler flags in the "Setup" file.
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copying docs/pygame_tiny.gif -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/pygame/docs
creating build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pygame.egg-info/PKG-INFO -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pygame.egg-info/SOURCES.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pygame.egg-info/dependency_links.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pygame.egg-info/entry_points.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pygame.egg-info/not-zip-safe -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
copying pygame.egg-info/top_level.txt -> build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO
writing build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/EGG-INFO/native_libs.txt
creating dist
creating 'dist/pygame-2.0.1.dev1-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg' and adding 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' to it
removing 'build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg' (and everything under it)
Processing pygame-2.0.1.dev1-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg
creating /home/mythcat/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pygame-2.0.1.dev1-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg
Extracting pygame-2.0.1.dev1-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg to /home/mythcat/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages
Adding pygame 2.0.1.dev1 to easy-install.pth file
Installed /home/mythcat/.local/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pygame-2.0.1.dev1-py3.9-linux-x86_64.egg
Processing dependencies for pygame==2.0.1.dev1
Finished processing dependencies for pygame==2.0.1.dev1
Let's test it:
[mythcat@desk pygame]$ ls
build dist examples README.rst setup.cfg src_c test
buildconfig docs pygame.egg-info Setup setup.py src_py
[mythcat@desk pygame]$ python3.9
Python 3.9.0 (default, Oct 6 2020, 00:00:00)
[GCC 10.2.1 20200826 (Red Hat 10.2.1-3)] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pygame
pygame 2.0.1.dev1 (SDL 2.0.12, python 3.9.0)
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
>>>
