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

2015-08-17 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On 08/17/2015 01:52 AM, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:05:29 -0700, rurpy--- via Python-list > writes: >> So I eventually found the kivy docs on their website where they >> list prerequisite packages for installing kivy on ubuntu. I'll >> translate those to hopefull

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

2015-08-17 Thread Rustom Mody
On Monday, August 17, 2015 at 10:35:48 AM UTC+5:30, rurpy wrote: > I hope someday Python gets a decent packaging/distribution story. You are in august company | The final question was about what he (Guido) hates in Python. "Anything to do | with package distribution", he answered immediately. The

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

2015-08-17 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Sun, 16 Aug 2015 22:05:29 -0700, rurpy--- via Python-list write s: >So I eventually found the kivy docs on their website where they >list prerequisite packages for installing kivy on ubuntu. I'll >translate those to hopefully the equivalent fedora package names, >install them, re

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

2015-08-16 Thread Dave Farrance
shiva upreti 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

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

2015-08-16 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 10:14:29 PM UTC-6, Laura Creighton wrote: > In a message of Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:19:49 -0700, rurpy--- via Python-list > writes: > >On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 8:00:14 PM UTC-6, Chris Angelico wrote: > >>[...] > >> use pip (maybe inside a virtualenv). It'll chug for

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

2015-08-16 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Sun, 16 Aug 2015 20:19:49 -0700, rurpy--- via Python-list write s: >On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 8:00:14 PM UTC-6, 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 >> > i

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

2015-08-16 Thread rurpy--- via Python-list
On Sunday, August 16, 2015 at 8:00:14 PM UTC-6, 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). The

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

2015-08-16 Thread Chris Angelico
On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:51 PM, Rustom Mody 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 thin

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

2015-08-16 Thread Rustom Mody
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

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

2015-08-16 Thread Chris Angelico
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

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

2015-08-16 Thread Laura Creighton
In a message of Sun, 16 Aug 2015 12:16:53 -0700, shiva upreti writes: >I am still getting the error:"ImportError: No module named kivy". > >Any help will be highly appreciated. >Thanks. The preferred way to install kivy with ubuntu is to follow the instructions here: http://kivy.org/docs/installa

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

2015-08-16 Thread MRAB
On 2015-08-16 20:16, shiva upreti wrote: Hi 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, extr

"no module named kivy" import error in ubuntu 14.04

2015-08-16 Thread shiva upreti
Hi 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 set