Pygame module working in python2, but not python3 in Ubuntu

Question

So I'm trying to use pygame with Python3.x, but I keep getting an error message which states "No module named pygame." Now if I run it with Python2.x it runs just fine, and I'm able to use everything I want to, like the mixer module.

Does anyone know how I can get this to work on Python3 as well?

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

In general, when you have multiple Python installations on the same computer, they have their own sets of site packages. Did you not know this (in which case… that's pretty much the whole answer), or did you know this but not know how to install it for Python 3 (in which case this probably belongs on AskUbuntu, where it already has a dup, as @DuhProgrammer13 pointed out)? — abarnert
– abarnert, Commented Nov 6, 2014 at 0:20

KodyVanRy · Accepted Answer · 2016-02-17 20:24:47Z

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cd ~

sudo apt-get install mercurial
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame
cd pygame

sudo apt-get install python3-dev 
sudo apt-get install python3-numpy 
sudo apt-get install libsdl-dev 
sudo apt-get install libsdl-image1.2-dev 
sudo apt-get install libsdl-mixer1.2-dev 
sudo apt-get install libsdl-ttf2.0-dev 
sudo apt-get install libsmpeg-dev 
sudo apt-get install libportmidi-dev 
sudo apt-get install libavformat-dev 
sudo apt-get install libswscale-dev
sudo apt-get install libjpeg-dev
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev

python3 setup.py build
sudo python3 setup.py install

edited Feb 17, 2016 at 20:24

answered Nov 6, 2014 at 0:21

KodyVanRy

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