Try "sudo apt-get install python-pygame" then retry. You can always look for python modules using e.g. "apt-cache search pygame" and it will show you if there's something to be installed via the package manager.
On Fri, Jan 23, 2015 at 1:27 PM, spir <denis.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am new to the list. My present project is to try several methods of game > map generation (perlin noise, cellular automatons, etc...) and for now > barely use pygame as "visualiser" (just because I could not find a nicer > graphics lib, neither for python now for any other lang I know). > > I have just installed pygame on a computer running Ubuntu (actually > Lubuntu, but this should not change anything, I guess), using the std > package manager. Now, > import pygame > fails with the usual > ImportError: No module named 'pygame' > I tried to (re)install using apt-get directly, but the command does not > find a package 'pygame' (despite the fact that the 'Universe' repository is > well activated). > > What am I doing wrong? I do not know what else to try. > > I take the opportunity to ask about python 2 vs python 3 when using pygame > (I tried both: no difference on the error). > > Thank you, > denis > -- """ lucas o. wagner, PhD theoretical physics/chemistry lowagner.github.io l.o.wag...@vu.nl """
