How To Install python3-pygame on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pygame on Ubuntu.
What is python3-pygame
python3-pygame is:
A multimedia development kit for Python. Pygame provides modules for you to access the video display, play sounds, track time, read the mouse and joystick, control the CD player, render true type fonts and more. It does this using mainly the cross-platform SDL library, a lightweight wrapper to OS-specific APIs.
This is the Python 3 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python3-pygame on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-pygame Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pygame using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-pygame
Install python3-pygame Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pygame using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-pygame
Install python3-pygame Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-pygame using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-pygame
How To Uninstall python3-pygame on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-pygame package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-pygame
Uninstall python3-pygame And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-pygame and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-pygame
Remove python3-pygame Configurations and Data
To remove python3-pygame configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-pygame
Remove python3-pygame configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-pygame configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-pygame
Dependencies
python3-pygame have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-pygame package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.