How to install pygame_sdl2 for python3 if there are multiple versions of python on the system?

Question

Python

I have ubuntu 16.04 with a cinnamon shell that pulls in python 2.7 on install. Additionally, python 3.6 was installed for development
. Installation of pygame_sdl2 was required, but here's the catch - it sudo apt install python-pygame-sdl2installs the library for 2.7, but it is necessary for 3.6
Share your experience in solving the issue. I'm sure I'm not the first one to come across

Answer 1

To get started, try following the official documentation :

Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install build-essential python-dev libsdl2-dev \
    libsdl2-image-dev libsdl2-mixer-dev libsdl2-ttf-dev \
    libjpeg-dev libpng12-dev virtualenvwrapper

Open a new shell to ensure virtualenvwrapper is running, then run:

mkvirtualenv pygame_sdl2
pip install cython

Change into a clone of this project, and run the following command to modify the virtualenv so pygame_sdl2 header files can be installed in it:
Finally, build and install pygame_sdl2 by running:
If the library will not be available for import in Python3, try replacing the calls pythonto python3and pipto in the instructions above pip3. And try again.
There is also a suspicion that the instructions are missing:
git clone https://github.com/renpy/pygame_sdl2