How to install Pygame for Python 3.4 on Ubun

    
      First run this to install dependencies:
    
    

    

    sudo apt-get install mercurial python3-dev python3-numpy \

    libsdl-image1.2-dev libsdl-mixer1.2-dev libsdl-ttf2.0-dev libsmpeg-dev \

    libsdl1.2-dev  libportmidi-dev libswscale-dev libavformat-dev libavcodec-dev libfreetype6-dev
    

    

    
      Then download the source for pygame:
      

      

    
    First install mercurial if you dont have it installed:
    

    

    sudo apt-get install mercurial
    

    

    then:
    

    

    hg clone 
    
      https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame
    
    

    

    
      Now build and install pygame for Python 3.4:
      

      

    
  

    cd pygame

python3 setup.py build

sudo python3 setup.py install
  

    
      

      Additional comments:
      

      

    
    The only version of Python3 I had installed was 3.4 if you have other versions 
    

    you might have to be more specific.
  

How to install Pygame for Python 3.4 on Ubuntu 14.04