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When messing around with example files in the pygame download, I ran a program (untouched) and an error message popped up saying that the symbol _SDL_EnableUNICODE was not found. What does the symbol do and how can I get around it or obtain the symbol?

Error Message:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/Lukecat2883/Downloads/pygame-1.9.3/examples/macosx/aliens_app_example/aliens.py", line 6, in import pygame File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/init.py", line 133, in from pygame.base import * ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so, 2): Symbol not found: _SDL_EnableUNICODE Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so Expected in: flat namespace in /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so

Luke Martin
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  • It also says that the symbol is expected in a "flat namespace" – Luke Martin Jul 26 '17 at 17:41
  • Please provide more information. Post the whole error message, tell us the name of the example file and what operating system, Python and pygame version you use. – skrx Jul 26 '17 at 20:24
  • osx el capitan, python 2.7.13 (32-bit), – Luke Martin Jul 26 '17 at 23:25
  • How did you install pygame? – skrx Jul 27 '17 at 16:04
  • first from the site, then by pip install on terminal. – Luke Martin Jul 27 '17 at 18:34
  • I don't know what's wrong, but many people have trouble installing pygame on Macs. Perhaps SDL isn't installed correctly which pygame uses under the hood. Could you try to install Python 3 and then `pip3 install pygame` to see if it works better with this Python version? – skrx Jul 27 '17 at 19:38
  • I emailed the creators of pygame to see if they know. but thanks anyway – Luke Martin Jul 28 '17 at 15:21
  • YW. You can answer your own question when you've figured this out to help others with the same problem. – skrx Jul 28 '17 at 15:26

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