shiva upreti <katewinslet...@gmail.com> wrote: >Hi >I am new to linux. I tried various things in attempt to install kivy. I >installed python 2.7.10
Just to make clear what others have said -- replacing Ubuntu 14.04's system Python 2.7.6 is a bad idea and will break stuff, so if you really must have the latest version of Python2, then you install it separately, leaving the system Python in place. That in turn means that you can no longer use Ubuntu's normal method of installing libraries via its own software management. > Then i downloaded kivy from > https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/K/Kivy/Kivy-1.9.0.tar.gz I suggest that you DON'T install from tarfiles unless your understanding of Python is of near python-developer level. You really need to know what you're doing regarding dependencies and the search path for modules. If you do want to install a separate instance of the latest version of Python, then the PIP package management is best, and use it to install the libraries separately, NOT in the /usr/ directory -- see the other posts. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
