I haven't tested this myself, but I am pretty sure that ORIGLIBDIRS="/lib:/lib/`uname -i`-linux-gnu:/lib64:/X11R6/lib"
will be correct for your system. Have you tried it yet? I don't think you will need to manually hunt down the locations of the libs. --- James On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 09:12:37AM -0800, AntCox wrote: > Thank you James. When I work out where the correct libs have been > installed should those locations be appended to the string assigned to > ORIGLIBDIRS or just replace what Chris has in there? > > On Feb 14, 6:01 pm, James Paige <[email protected]> wrote: > > He did already :) > > > > > ORIGLIBDIRS="/lib:/lib/`uname -i`-linux-gnu:/lib64:/X11R6/lib" \ > > > python setup.py build > > > > the first line puts the lib location for your system into the > > ORIGLIBDIRS environment variable. Then when you run setup.py in the > > second line, setup.py knows to automatically search the locations listed > > in ORIGLIBDIRS > > > > --- > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 08:51:30AM -0800, AntCox wrote: > > > Hi Chris, > > > Thanks a lot for your response. I think I understand what you're > > > saying, that the png (or jpeg in your case) libs were installed > > > somewhere the setup script is not looking for them. However I am not > > > sure how to determine if this is my problem, and then how to fix it. > > > Are you able to give me and pointers on that front? > > > Ant > > > > > On Feb 14, 5:28 pm, Christopher Arndt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 14.02.2012 17:05, AntCox wrote: > > > > > > > I am trying to build pygame and during the dependency check it is only > > > > > missing PNG and JPEG support [...] > > > > > SDL_image is installed with both png and jpg support libpng and libjpg > > > > > and respective -dev libraries are also installed. [...] > > > > > I am running this on ubuntu 11.04 > > > > > > I had the same pronlem a few weeks ago. Search the mailing list for the > > > > thread titled "Compiling pygame on Ubuntu 11.10 oneiric JPGE [sic!] not > > > > found" > > > > > > Here's my solution form the last post in the thread: > > > > > > "For the record: here's a command line to compile pygame from a pristine > > > > hg checkout that works on Linux systems, which use this new scheme to > > > > install libraries: > > > > > > ORIGLIBDIRS="/lib:/lib/`uname -i`-linux-gnu:/lib64:/X11R6/lib" \ > > > > python setup.py build > > > > > > " > > > > > > Chris >
