Problem launching Ren'Py (Linux)

[ephi]

Hello everybody,

I'm a complete newbie. I just found out about Ren'Py and was immediately thrilled to give it a try and start making games.
However, when I try to launch Ren'Py on my laptop (Ubuntu 10.04) all I get is a black square flashing up for barely 1 second. (I installed it via the Ubuntu Software Center.)

Can anybody please help me? Any ideas what the problem could be or how to (start to) resolve it?

Thanks in advance! <3

[MaiMai]

Did you download a script editor like jEdit? You need a script editing program to code your games

If you haven't, here: http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Editors

Edit: Also, almost forgot to mention, but when you download the editor of your choice, put the folder in the Renpy folder so it works properly and the program can launch

[PyTom]

I'd suggest running it from the command line, so you can see if any error messages are produced.

[ephi]

Thank you very much for the fast reply!
I downloaded and installed the program directly using the Ubuntu Software Center, so theoretically, potential dependencies should already be included.
To be sure, I also installed jEdit, but it didn't change anything. (Although I don't know what it means to put it in the Renpy folder? in the .renpy folder in my home directory? Or in the program folder in usr/share/renpy?)

If I run Ren'Py from the command line, I get the following message:

/usr/share/games/renpy/renpy/parser.py:29: DeprecationWarning: the sets module is deprecated
import sets
/usr/share/games/renpy/renpy/script.py:31: DeprecationWarning: the md5 module is deprecated; use hashlib instead
import md5
Fatal Python error: (pygame parachute) Segmentation Fault
Aborted

Thanks again for your help! It is greatly appreciated!

[ephi]

OK, I found a way of working around the problem, just in case another Ubuntu user experiencing the same issue is wondering:

The package that gets installed by Ubuntu Software Center is (at least at the moment as I'm writing this) Ren'Py 6.9.3.
So, I downloaded the tar of version 6.10.2 from http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/Download_Ren%27Py and extracted it to my home directory. The program now launches perfectly well when I run renpy.sh inside the folder.

Problem kind of solved (although, it would be nicer to properly install it and have it in the main menu etc...)

@ PyTom and MaiMai: Again, many thanks for the help anyway! <3

[animealice]

I'm having trouble downloading! every time i download it all i get is a file. what am i doing wrong? also i am new to this website.

[ephi]

Hi animealice,
What operating system are you using?
If your computer runs on windows, you should get one .exe-file. If you open/doubleclick this, it should extract itself and install the program (at least I suppose so, it's been a while since I used windows).
If you have a linux distribution, you'll get a .tar that you need to extract first after downloading (usually easily done by *rightclick* and *extract here* or *open with archive manager*).
(I don't have any experience with a Mac though.)

[ipp1]

hi im also having trouble downloading and opening...i have windows