Are there instructions for installing Kivy on cygwin?

Question

I'm failing in running the following hello world on Kivy:

import kivy
kivy.require('1.7.0')

from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.button import Label

class HelloApp(App):
    def build(self):
        return Label(text='Hello World!')

if __name__=="__main__":
    HelloApp().run()

with the following errors:

$ python hello1.py 
[INFO   ] Kivy v1.8.0
[INFO   ] [Logger      ] Record log in /home/Administrator/.kivy/logs/kivy_14-10-28_1.txt
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "hello1.py", line 5, in <module>
     from kivy.app import App
   File "/home/rbarakx/python/kivy/kivy/app.py", line 321, in <module>
     from kivy.base import runTouchApp, stopTouchApp
   File "/home/rbarakx/python/kivy/kivy/base.py", line 28, in <module>
     from kivy.clock import Clock
   File "/home/rbarakx/python/kivy/kivy/clock.py", line 177, in <module>
     _kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32
 AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'windll'
$

I suspect my Kivy cygwin's installation may be lacking.

Are there instructions for installing Kivy on cygwin? (googling the usual suspects did not produce any results)

I've never seen such instructions. – inclement Oct 28 '14 at 14:14 — inclement, Oct 28 '14 at 14:14

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:15

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The error suggests you encountered this bug where cygwin's python is compiled with os.name = posix. You may end up having to recompile it yourself... Alternatively maybe you could use MinGW instead, as documented here, or simply use the native Windows version.

answered Dec 11 '14 at 14:15

Tobias Kienzler

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Thanks @Tobias, I'll investigate your lead. – boardrider Nov 12 '15 at 12:08

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 09 '16 at 18:32

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What fixed the situation?

Prior to installing Kivy, installing Cython and pygame with pip in Cygwin's Python 2.7
Start Cygwin's X11 using startxwin
Define $DISPLAY with export DISPLAY=:0.0

answered Oct 09 '16 at 18:32

boardrider

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Are there instructions for installing Kivy on cygwin?

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