Installs the latest Kivy source distribution from Github for Debian/Ubuntu

installKivySrc.sh

#!/bin/bash
kivyBaseBuildDir=/tmp
myKivyInstallAlias="kivyDev"

#Build and install Kivy on Ubuntu - http://kivy.org/docs/installation/installation.html#development-version
#Modify the PYTHONPATH to point at our Kivy install - see http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#the-module-search-path AND http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/modules.html#standard-modules

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools python-pygame python-opengl python-gst0.10 python-enchant gstreamer0.10-plugins-good python-dev build-essential libgl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev python-pip

if [ ! `pip freeze | grep -i cython` ]; then
  #No Cython found - install
  sudo pip install cython
else
  #Upgrade to latest version, silence pip if it objects ;-)
  sudo pip install –upgrade cython 2>&1
fi

#CD into kivy build container dir
pushd "$kivyBaseBuildDir"

#Clone kivy source, if necessary
if [ ! -d ./"$myKivyInstallAlias" ]; then
  git clone git://github.com/kivy/kivy.git "$myKivyInstallAlias"
fi

#CD into the Kivy source directory
pushd "$myKivyInstallAlias"

#Create a git branch to work in
git checkout -b workingMaster

#Use 'make' OR 'python setup.py build_ext --inplace -f'
make

popd

echo "Build finished - Please set PYTHONPATH (http://goo.gl/wjtlC) or install Kivy (python setup.py install)"

echo "To regression test your Kivy install, cd into your Kivy directory and issue 'sudo pip install nose && make test'"