PyGame - where art thou?
 

Hi, one of my favorite things about the n900 is pygame. After installing pr1.2 it seems to be gone, I no longer can run any of the pygame apps I have been messing with. It's kind of a bummer..

"ImportError: No module named pygame"

I tried "apt-get install pygame" but it returns "Couldn't find package pygame"

(Edit: resolved - was using wrong package name, should be python-pygame)

Can anyone advise me how I can get it back, or if it's something that needs updated and hopefully it'll be along in due course.

Thx.

Re: PyGame - where art thou?
 

The module is called python-pygame, and is in Extras

Re: PyGame - where art thou?
 

It's definitely showing up for you? I only get the following "python-"s

python-argparse
python-boto
python-circuits
python-mlpy
python-pygments
python-scapy
python-sympy

I have all the repositories enabled for the search.

hmmmph.

Re: PyGame - where art thou?
 

I haven't yet upgraded to PR1.2, so I can't actually test. I was merely referring to the fact "apt-get install pygame" is not going to work, but "apt-get install python-pygame" should (at least it does before 1.2).

You might also want to do a search with:
apt-cache search python-pygame
apt-cache show python-pygame

To see if it is already installed:
dpkg -l | grep pygame
and if it is maybe try reinstalling:
apt-get --reinstall python-pygame

Re: PyGame - where art thou?
 

Thanks Slocan, just as you were typing that I was able to install it through apt-get with the correct package name. Dam you Google! *shakes fist* ANyway, all's right in the world again.

Not sure why it wasn't showing up in the list though, oh well. Thanks again :)

Re: PyGame - where art thou?
 

It's because application manager doesn't show libraries. The ones you found would be considered broken if they were promoted to extras-testing because of wrong category.

Re: PyGame - where art thou?
 

Ok Guys

Post pr 1.3 I'm struggling with installing python-pygame
says its looking for libsdl1.2 which seems to have been replaced with libsdl1.3

does it need to be re-built?

Re: PyGame - where art thou?
 

bump

anyone got pygame working with pr1.3
maesynth is broken as a result