Unable to install glumpy on Ubuntu 14.04 : GLFW Library not found

[aman-ks]

Here's the traceback when I executed the commands for installation.

./app-simple.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./app-simple.py", line 7, in <module>
from glumpy import app
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glumpy-1.0.3-py2.7-linux-    x86_64.egg/glumpy/__init__.py", line 8, in <module>
    from . import app
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glumpy-1.0.3-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/glumpy/app/__init__.py", line 17, in <module>
    from glumpy.ext.inputhook import inputhook_manager, stdin_ready
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glumpy-1.0.3-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/glumpy/ext/__init__.py", line 6, in <module>
    from . import glfw
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/glumpy-1.0.3-py2.7-linux-x86_64.egg/glumpy/ext/glfw.py", line 60, in <module>
    raise OSError('GLFW library not found')
OSError: GLFW library not found

I have already compiled and executed 'make' and 'make install' for GLFW 3.1. Cannot understand why this is not working.

[rougier]

Do you know where is your glfw C library installed ?

[aman-ks]

It is in /usr/local/include

[aman-ks]

Also, I found this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/25151085/unable-to-locate-package-glfw-on-linux-mint. GLFW 3 won't work in 14.04, is it so? Should I try to get GLFW 2 working then ?

Update: I installed libglfw-dev (GLFW 2) and now the traceback changed to

raise OSError('Need GLFW library version 3, found version %s' % version)
OSError: Need GLFW library version 3, found version 2.7.2

[rougier]

You need to install GLFW 3 from sources (and uninstall glfw library 2 first)

[aman-ks]

I purged all files related to glfw2 and then installed glfw3 using git.

(https://github.com/shurcooL/reusable-commands/blob/ed33ae496f36aaea735a1d183f77e833c92a9f3d/go-gl_glfw3_install.sh#L19-L32)

[aman-ks]

This worked. Thanks a lot @rougier

[rougier]

Cool !

[ssinfod]

I have the same problem on Ubuntu 14.04.
How do you remove (purge) glfw 2.7.2 from Ubuntu 14.04 ?

Thanks
ssinfod

[rougier]

From the package manager, you should be able to uninstall it.

[ssinfod]

I found it, I had to use:
sudo apt-get purge libglfw-dev

[rougier]

Then follow the procedure above (to install glfw3) and glumpy should work hopefully.