Ubuntu20.04下Python3.8用pip3安装pygame失败求助

Hey there! I see you're hitting a roadblock when trying to install pygame via pip3 install pygame on Ubuntu 20.04—let's get this sorted out quickly.

What's causing the error? #

The error logs show missing tools like sdl-config and unfindable freetype2 packages. This happens because pygame needs several system-level development libraries to compile from source (which is what pip tries to do when no pre-built wheel is available for your setup). Without these libraries, the compilation process fails.

Step-by-step solution #

1. Update your system package list first
   Run this command to ensure your package indexes are up to date:

   sudo apt update
   

2. Install all required dependencies
   Install the full set of development libraries pygame relies on with this single command:

   sudo apt install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libfreetype6-dev libportmidi-dev libsmpeg0-dev python3-dev python3-numpy
   

   This covers every missing component mentioned in your error log, including SDL and freetype-related tools.

3. Reinstall pygame via pip3
   Now that the dependencies are in place, run the installation command again:

   pip3 install pygame
   

Alternative: Install from Ubuntu's repository #

If you don't need the absolute latest version of pygame, you can skip the compilation step entirely by installing the pre-built package directly from Ubuntu's repositories:

sudo apt install python3-pygame

内容的提问来源于stack exchange，提问作者Heisenberg