Kivy is my favorite UI framework. Here is how to install and use it on Raspberry Pi. More documentation in the docs.

Install Kivy

Follow the docs for installing on Raspberry Pi.

Update apt for gstreamer:

% sudo echo 'deb http://vontaene.de/raspbian-updates/ . main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gstreamer.list

Install system package dependencies

% sudo apt-get update
% sudo apt-get install pkg-config libgl1-mesa-dev libgles2-mesa-dev \
   python-pygame python-setuptools libgstreamer1.0-dev git-core \
   gstreamer1.0-plugins-{bad,base,good,ugly} gstreamer1.0-{omx,alsa}

Install cython with pip

The Debian package is out of date..

% sudo pip install cython

Get the Kivy source

Kivy’s support for Raspberry Pi and touchscreen hardware is under active development, it is simpler to run the code directly.

Clone the kivy repo to ~

% cd ~
% git clone https://github.com/kivy/kivy
% cd kivy

Build c source

% make

Update ~/.profile to include $PYTHONPATH

% echo "export PYTHONPATH=$(pwd):\$PYTHONPATH" >> ~/.profile
% source ~/.profile