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Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04

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Date 2015-08-17 12:59 +1000
Subject Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.50.1439780388.4764.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 7:30:14 AM UTC+5:30, Chris Angelico wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 5:16 AM, shiva upreti wrote:
>> > I am new to linux. I tried various things in attempt to install kivy. I installed python 2.7.10 (I think python3 was already installed in ubuntu 14.04). Then i downloaded kivy from https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/K/Kivy/Kivy-1.9.0.tar.gz, extracted it and tried to execute "python setup.py" inside the kivy folder.
>>
>> As Laura said, the preferred way to install under Ubuntu would be to
>> use apt-get. But if you want to install directly from PyPI, the best
>> way is to use pip. Those are two package managers, which remove from
>> you the hassle of hunting down all the different dependencies, like
>> Cython. Try apt-get first, and if that doesn't do what you're looking
>> for, use pip (maybe inside a virtualenv). It'll chug for a while and
>> then give you what you need.
>
> Its not vanilla apt-get but ppa-apt-get (as Laura's link indicates)

I didn't actually click the link. But it's still apt-get, just with an
additional repository. In any case, it's way better to use a package
manager (either system-provided or Python-provided) than to do
everything manually.

ChrisA

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"no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 shiva upreti <katewinslet626@gmail.com> - 2015-08-16 12:16 -0700
  Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2015-08-16 20:27 +0100
  Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-08-16 21:58 +0200
  Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 11:47 +1000
    Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-16 19:51 -0700
      Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 12:59 +1000
    Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-08-16 20:19 -0700
      Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-08-17 06:14 +0200
        Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-08-16 22:05 -0700
          Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-08-17 09:52 +0200
            Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 rurpy@yahoo.com - 2015-08-17 16:35 -0700
          Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2015-08-17 10:13 -0700
  Re: "no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04 Dave Farrance <df@see.replyto.invalid> - 2015-08-17 06:11 +0100

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