Installation - Kivy Tutorial

Kivy is a free and open-source Python framework for creating multi-touch applications with a natural user interface. To get started with Kivy, we need to install it on our computer. In this tutorial, we will cover the installation process of Kivy on various platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux.

Windows

To install Kivy on Windows, follow the below steps:

1. Install Python - First, we need to install Python on our computer, if it is not already installed. We can download the latest version of Python from the official website (https://www.python.org/downloads/).

2. Install pip - We also need to install pip (a package installer for Python) if it is not already installed. We can download the latest version of pip from the official website (https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/installing/).

3. Install Kivy - Once we have Python and pip installed on our computer, we can install Kivy using pip. Open the command prompt and type the following command to install Kivy:

   pip install kivy
   

4. Verify the installation - After the installation is complete, we can check if Kivy is installed by typing the following command:

   python -m kivy.tests
   

   This will run a series of tests to verify that Kivy is installed correctly.

Mac

To install Kivy on Mac, follow the below steps:

1. Install Homebrew - First, we need to install Homebrew (a package manager for macOS) if it is not already installed. Open the Terminal and type the following command:

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   

2. Install Python - Once we have Homebrew installed, we can install Python by typing the following command:

   brew install python
   

3. Install Kivy - After installing Python, we can install Kivy using pip by typing the following command:

   pip install kivy
   

4. Verify the installation - We can verify the installation of Kivy by typing the following command in the Terminal:

   python -m kivy.tests
   

Linux

To install Kivy on Linux, follow the below steps:

1. Install Python - First, we need to install Python on our Linux system. We can install Python by typing the following command in the Terminal:

   sudo apt-get install python3
   

2. Install pip - Once Python is installed, we can install pip (a package installer for Python) by typing the following command:

   sudo apt-get install python3-pip
   

3. Install Kivy - After installing pip, we can install Kivy using pip by typing the following command:

   pip install kivy
   

4. Verify the installation - We can verify the installation of Kivy by typing the following command in the Terminal:

   python -m kivy.tests
   

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we covered the installation process of Kivy on various platforms like Windows, Mac, Linux. Now, we can start building multi-touch applications with a natural user interface using Kivy.