I'm following the instructions on the docs https://kivy.org/doc/stable/installation/installation-windows.html
And have got to the stage
Install kivy:
python -m pip install kivy==1.11.1
Everything before this has worked fine. I have checked my python version and pip version using --verison. I have Python 3.8.1 and pip 20.0.2 (python 3.8).
First of all that step didn't work and I got ERROR: Failed building wheel for kivy
So I looked around and saw that I can download a wheel directly. So I downloaded https://kivy.org/downloads/appveyor/kivy/Kivy-2.0.0rc1.20200130.318720360-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl
I figured this would be the correct version as I have python 3.8 and 64 bit processor.
However when I try python -m pip install Kivy-2.0.0rc1.20200130.318720360-cp38-cp38-win_amd64.whl I get the following error:
ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement Kivy-2.0.0rc1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64 (from versions: none)
ERROR: No matching distribution found for Kivy-2.0.0rc1-cp38-cp38-win_amd64
EDIT Full error behind ERROR: Failed building wheel for kivy:
C:\Users\User>python -m pip install kivy==1.11.1
Collecting kivy==1.11.1
Using cached Kivy-1.11.1.tar.gz (23.6 MB)
Processing c:\users\user\appdata\local\pip\cache\wheels\d2\72\1a\9ddd17f00755707937caa350616965fb3330a6270425f397e6\kivy_garden-0.1.4-py3-none-any.whl
Collecting docutils
Using cached docutils-0.16-py2.py3-none-any.whl (548 kB)
Collecting pygments
Using cached Pygments-2.5.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl (896 kB)
Collecting requests
Using cached requests-2.22.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl (57 kB)
Collecting urllib3!=1.25.0,!=1.25.1,<1.26,>=1.21.1
Using cached urllib3-1.25.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl (125 kB)
Collecting idna<2.9,>=2.5
Using cached idna-2.8-py2.py3-none-any.whl (58 kB)
Collecting chardet<3.1.0,>=3.0.2
Using cached chardet-3.0.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl (133 kB)
Collecting certifi>=2017.4.17
Using cached certifi-2019.11.28-py2.py3-none-any.whl (156 kB)
Building wheels for collected packages: kivy
Building wheel for kivy (setup.py) ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 3221225477:
command: 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-i_dh93mc\\kivy\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-i_dh93mc\\kivy\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' bdist_wheel -d 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-wheel-q23wvn82'
cwd: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-i_dh93mc\kivy\
Complete output (531 lines):
Using setuptools
User distribution detected, avoid portable command.
Using this graphics system: OpenGL
WARNING: A problem occurred while running pkg-config --libs --cflags gstreamer-1.0 (code 1)
b"'pkg-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.\r\n"
WARNING: A problem occurred while running pkg-config --libs --cflags gstreamer-1.0 (code 1)
b"'pkg-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.\r\n"
WARNING: A problem occurred while running pkg-config --libs --cflags sdl2 SDL2_ttf SDL2_image SDL2_mixer (code 1)
b"'pkg-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.\r\n"
ERROR: Dependency for context.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for compiler.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for context_instructions.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for fbo.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for gl_instructions.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for instructions.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for opengl.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for opengl_utils.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for shader.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for stencil_instructions.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for scissor_instructions.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for texture.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for vbo.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for vertex.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for vertex_instructions.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for cgl.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for cgl_mock.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for cgl_gl.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for cgl_glew.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for cgl_sdl2.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
ERROR: Dependency for svg.pyx not resolved: config.pxi
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win32-3.8
creating build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
copying kivy\animation.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
copying kivy\app.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
copying kivy\atlas.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
copying kivy\base.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
**lots more of this, cut for char limit**
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Failed building wheel for kivy
Running setup.py clean for kivy
Failed to build kivy
Installing collected packages: urllib3, idna, chardet, certifi, requests, Kivy-Garden, docutils, pygments, kivy
Running setup.py install for kivy ... error
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 3221225477:
command: 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-i_dh93mc\\kivy\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-i_dh93mc\\kivy\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-817ny_l6\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Include\kivy'
cwd: C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-i_dh93mc\kivy\
Complete output (513 lines):
Using setuptools
User distribution detected, avoid portable command.
Using this graphics system: OpenGL
WARNING: A problem occurred while running pkg-config --libs --cflags gstreamer-1.0 (code 1)
b"'pkg-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.\r\n"
WARNING: A problem occurred while running pkg-config --libs --cflags gstreamer-1.0 (code 1)
b"'pkg-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.\r\n"
WARNING: A problem occurred while running pkg-config --libs --cflags sdl2 SDL2_ttf SDL2_image SDL2_mixer (code 1)
b"'pkg-config' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\r\noperable program or batch file.\r\n"
fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib.win32-3.8
creating build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
copying kivy\animation.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
copying kivy\app.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
copying kivy\atlas.py -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy
** again cut due to char limit **
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\tab_btn_pressed.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\tab_disabled.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\textinput.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\textinput_active.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\textinput_disabled.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\textinput_disabled_active.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\tree_closed.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\tree_opened.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\vkeyboard_background.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\vkeyboard_disabled_background.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\vkeyboard_disabled_key_down.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\vkeyboard_disabled_key_normal.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\vkeyboard_key_down.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
copying kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme\vkeyboard_key_normal.png -> build\lib.win32-3.8\kivy\tools\theming\defaulttheme
running build_ext
----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 3221225477: 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\python.exe' -u -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-i_dh93mc\\kivy\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\User\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-i_dh93mc\\kivy\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' install --record 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-record-817ny_l6\install-record.txt' --single-version-externally-managed --compile --install-headers 'C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38-32\Include\kivy' Check the logs for full command output.
python -m pip install kivy==1.11.1 can only download the source distribution from pypi, as there is no whl file available for python 3.8 on pypi. Building the source package seems to fail, which can have a couple of reasons
Additionally, you have installed 32 bit python (probably unintentionally), as you can see by the installation location Python38-32. That is why your whl file cannot be installed, as it is for win64. I would suggest to uninstall your python and reinstall a 64 bit version