On Ubuntu, trying to install pygame using pip within my venv.
This is the full error message thrown when I try:
$ pip install pygameCollecting pygame Using cached pygame-2.6.0.tar.gz (15.8 MB) Installing build dependencies ... done Getting requirements to build wheel ... error error: subprocess-exited-with-error× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.│ exit code: 1╰─> [53 lines of output] Skipping Cython compilation WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py" Using UNIX configuration... /bin/sh: 1: sdl2-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: sdl2-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: sdl2-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: pkg-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: pkg-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: pkg-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: freetype-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: freetype-config: not found /bin/sh: 1: freetype-config: not found Hunting dependencies... WARNING: "sdl2-config" failed! WARNING: "pkg-config freetype2" failed! WARNING: "freetype-config" failed! --- For help with compilation see: https://www.pygame.org/wiki/Compilation To contribute to pygame development see: https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html --- Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/salvadorduran/Documents/Projects/musicplayer/mpEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in <module> main() File "/home/salvadorduran/Documents/Projects/musicplayer/mpEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs']) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/home/salvadorduran/Documents/Projects/musicplayer/mpEnv/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 118, in get_requires_for_build_wheel return hook(config_settings) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fn_8yi6/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 327, in get_requires_for_build_wheel return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[]) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fn_8yi6/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 297, in _get_build_requires self.run_setup() File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fn_8yi6/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 497, in run_setup super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script) File "/tmp/pip-build-env-1fn_8yi6/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/setuptools/build_meta.py", line 313, in run_setup exec(code, locals()) File "<string>", line 426, in <module> File "/tmp/pip-install-o7k2dau0/pygame_136947bea63141b1b724389631340fca/buildconfig/config.py", line 234, in main deps = CFG.main(**kwds, auto_config=auto) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ File "/tmp/pip-install-o7k2dau0/pygame_136947bea63141b1b724389631340fca/buildconfig/config_unix.py", line 245, in main raise RuntimeError('Unable to run "sdl-config". Please make sure a development version of SDL is installed.') RuntimeError: Unable to run "sdl-config". Please make sure a development version of SDL is installed. [end of output] note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.error: subprocess-exited-with-error× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.│ exit code: 1╰─> See above for output.note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.Python version is 3.12.3 and Ubuntu release is 24.04. Have been trying to look for a fix but cannot find one. Any ideas here? This is a recent problem as I did it yesterday with no issues.