Appears that pygame should be a required dependency

[jcemerson]

Appears that pygame should be a required dependency

[jcemerson]

Well, it's not exactly a true dependency because I don't even have pygame.

What is a dependency for Kivy is some sort of supported Window provider, of which pygame is one (Pygame is a Python wrapper module for the SDL multimedia library). There's also glew (the default), angle, or sdl2.

Ultimately, which Window provider you require is dependent on various factors determined by your system, so I'm hesitant to require any one single solution. I'm not familiar with Pop!_OS, though I'm going to learn about it now, but it would seem that you didn't already have one of these dependencies.

This is one of the most common issues reported about using Kivy, but it's fairly easy to resolve once you know what the issue is. Several posts can be found on the subject:

Kivy - windows - Unable to find any valuable Window provider at all

"ImportError: cannot import name bcm" error with running basic kivy app in ubuntu 15.04
#4085

Unable to find any valuable Window provider at all! (with kivy-daily build)
#3002

That said, perhaps the documentation (which isn't even complete yet as I'm still developing the app), could clarify this dependency concern and point people towards these resources and help them find the answer.

And you're welcome! Thanks for giving it a try and reporting your concern. I appreciate the feedback.

[jcemerson]

I noticed that PyGame was deprecated in Kivy 1.11.1. I updated the README.md with a command to install the necessary dependencies for supporting SDL2. If you should find issues with Kivy/PyGame in the future, consider swapping out PyGame for these other dependencies.

From Kivy 1.11.1 Release Notes:

Deprecated

[#6313]: Pygame has been deprecated. We urge users who have been using pygame to try SDL2 and our other providers. If there are any reasons why Pygame is used instead of SDL2 please let us know so we can fix them.

[nitrohorse]

Okay, thanks for the tip @jcemerson 👌🏼