pip install pygame not working windows 10

Python module

Pygame is a cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing video games. It includes computer graphics and sound libraries designed to be used with the Python programming language. Pygame was originally … Wikipedia

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Original authors Lenard Lindstrom, René Dudfield, Pete Shinners, Nicholas Dudfield, Thomas Kluyver, and others

Developer Pygame Community

Release 28 October 2000; 25 years ago (2000-10-28)

Factsheet

Original authors Lenard Lindstrom, René Dudfield, Pete Shinners, Nicholas Dudfield, Thomas Kluyver, and others

Developer Pygame Community

Release 28 October 2000; 25 years ago (2000-10-28)

Pygame

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GettingStarted - pygame wiki

Make sure you install python with the "Add python to PATH" option selected. This means that python, and pip will work for you from the command line. There is documentation with python for the "windows installation steps"

PyPI

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pygame · PyPI

The online documentation stays up to date with the development version of pygame on GitHub. This may be a bit newer than the version of pygame you are using. To upgrade to the latest full release, run pip install pygame --upgrade in your terminal.

      » pip install pygame

Published Sep 29, 2024

Version 2.6.1

Repository https://github.com/pygame/pygame

Homepage https://www.pygame.org

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r/learnpython on Reddit: Relatively new to python, can't install pygame

February 24, 2024 - You're supposed to use the shortened name py instead, py -m pip install pygame should work as an alternative. This command runs pip as a module rather than directly running the program, and uses py, three Python launcher instead of directly ...

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You can install the package as Administrator, by following these steps:

1.Right click on the Command Prompt icon 2.Select the option: Run This Program As An Administrator 3.Run the command: pip install pygames

Instead of you can use the command pip install --user pygames

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The other answers didn't work for me. I checked this site and made sure that pip, setuptools, and ez_setup were installed at the latest versions. Still no luck. Finally, I discovered the magic words here:

pip install pygame --pre

Per this, --pre option tells pip to include pre-release versions of packages when searching for the latest version. Apparently that's what's needed as of this writing (2023-02-08).

(Thanks to accddd)

reddit.com › r/pygame › pip install pygame not working

r/pygame on Reddit: pip install pygame not working

November 6, 2022 -

pip install pygame

Collecting pygame

Using cached pygame-2.1.2.tar.gz (10.1 MB)

Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error

error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.

│ exit code: 1

╰─> [77 lines of output]

WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py"

Using WINDOWS configuration...

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<string>", line 2, in <module>

File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-049bas8k\pygame_5a3f63c9d305402f8948587bcd18fcb7\setup.py", line 359, in <module>

buildconfig.config.main(AUTO_CONFIG)

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-049bas8k\pygame_5a3f63c9d305402f8948587bcd18fcb7\buildconfig\config.py", line 225, in main

deps = CFG.main(**kwds)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-049bas8k\pygame_5a3f63c9d305402f8948587bcd18fcb7\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 511, in main

return setup_prebuilt_sdl2(prebuilt_dir)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-049bas8k\pygame_5a3f63c9d305402f8948587bcd18fcb7\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 471, in setup_prebuilt_sdl2

DEPS.configure()

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-049bas8k\pygame_5a3f63c9d305402f8948587bcd18fcb7\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 336, in configure

from . import vstools

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-049bas8k\pygame_5a3f63c9d305402f8948587bcd18fcb7\buildconfig\vstools.py", line 11, in <module>

compiler.initialize()

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 403, in initialize

vc_env = query_vcvarsall(VERSION, plat_spec)

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

File "C:\Users\ROEL BLOMSMA\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 281, in query_vcvarsall

raise DistutilsPlatformError("Unable to find vcvarsall.bat")

distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat

Making dir :prebuilt_downloads:

Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.0.18-VC.zip ed561079ec622b0bab5a9e02976f5d540b0622da

Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2-devel-2.0.18-VC.zip:

Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_image/release/SDL2_image-devel-2.0.5-VC.zip 137f86474691f4e12e76e07d58d5920c8d844d5b

Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_image-devel-2.0.5-VC.zip:

Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL2_ttf-devel-2.0.15-VC.zip 1436df41ebc47ac36e02ec9bda5699e80ff9bd27

Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_ttf-devel-2.0.15-VC.zip:

Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixer/release/SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip 9097148f4529cf19f805ccd007618dec280f0ecc

Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip:

Downloading... https://www.pygame.org/ftp/jpegsr9d.zip ed10aa2b5a0fcfe74f8a6f7611aeb346b06a1f99

Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\jpegsr9d.zip:

Downloading... https://pygame.org/ftp/prebuilt-x64-pygame-1.9.2-20150922.zip 3a5af3427b3aa13a0aaf5c4cb08daaed341613ed

Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\prebuilt-x64-pygame-1.9.2-20150922.zip:

copying into .\prebuilt-x64

Path for SDL: prebuilt-x64\SDL2-2.0.18

...Library directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.18/lib/x64

...Include directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.18/include

Path for FONT: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_ttf-2.0.15

...Library directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64

...Include directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/include

Path for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_image-2.0.5

...Library directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64

...Include directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/include

Path for MIXER: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4

...Library directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64

...Include directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/include

Path for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64

...Library directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/lib

...Include directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/include

DLL for SDL2: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.18/lib/x64/SDL2.dll

DLL for SDL2_ttf: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/SDL2_ttf.dll

DLL for SDL2_image: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64/SDL2_image.dll

DLL for SDL2_mixer: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64/SDL2_mixer.dll

DLL for portmidi: prebuilt-x64/lib/portmidi.dll

Path for FREETYPE not found.

...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.

Path for PNG not found.

...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.

Path for JPEG not found.

...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.

DLL for freetype: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/libfreetype-6.dll

---

For help with compilation see:

https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows

To contribute to pygame development see:

https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html

---

[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.

╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.

hint: See above for details.

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Now do pip install pygame-ce if you want pygame on 3.11. Everything else will be the same once downloaded. (Updated 13/02/2023 for google)

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Unable to install pygame on Python via pip (Windows 10) - Stack Overflow

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There's dev versions available as of now. Get them via

pip install pygame==2.0.0.dev6

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Pygame is not compatible with Python 3.8 at the moment. I would recommend you to downgrade back to 3.7 and installing with pip there.

Stack Overflow

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Apparently, I was using the wrong version of python. Once I downgraded to Python 3.7 (from Python 3.8.0a1), updated pip by using pip install --upgrade pip, I could install pygame with the command pip install pygame.

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This has happened to multiple people and I think it is because pygame uses the library SDL 1.2. Try this: Installing pygame with pip: Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 method and respond if it works.

Stack Overflow

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You're using Python 3.8 which is still in development. As such, there are no pre-built "wheels" for the package on PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/Pygame/#files) and so pip is trying to build from source. Building from source can be a complex process because you have to make sure you provide a suitable compiler and all the non-Python dependencies. There are instructions for building from source here: https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows Bear in mind, though, that if something does go wrong with the build process you might have difficulty finding help since you're using the in-development version of Python.

I'd say your options are:

Use Python 3.7 if you can. Installing pygame should be much easier.
Stick with Python 3.8 and following the instructions here: https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows If things still fail, try asking a more specific question explaining which steps of the instructions you've followed.

Python.org

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Unable to install pygame - Python Help - Discussions on Python.org

September 21, 2024 - I have tried to install pygame using pip (pip install pygame). pip doesn’t work (“command not found”) and when I use pip3, I get this error “Command “python setup.py egg_info” failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-xncrnbwh/pygame/” (there is more text from the command’s execution, but I have only put the error in here) PROBLEM #1 I DO have pygame installed and I can execute scripts (python or pygame) from within a (simple) IDE – sort of.

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GitHub

github.com › pygame › pygame › issues › 1523

i am not able to install pygame in windows 10. getting this error please help me with that. · Issue #1523 · pygame/pygame

November 29, 2019 - Collecting pygame Using cached https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/0f/9c/78626be04e193c0624842090fe5555b3805c050dfaa81c8094d6441db2be/pygame-1.9.6.tar.gz Complete output from command python setup.py egg_info: WARNING, No "Setup" File...

Author pygame

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python - PIP does not work when I try to install pygame - Stack Overflow

Are you trying to install this on an antique Python 2 system? pygame doesn't support less than Python 3.6. ... Alternatively, check your environment variables to make sure your modules are findable Fatal Python error on Windows 10 ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'encodings'

Python.org

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Pygame package cant install - Python Help - Discussions on Python.org

November 13, 2022 - Im trying to install pygame but its always an error message. I tried “pip install pygame” but it said some files didn’t find a path. I dont know how to fix it and i dont know if its any other way to install pygame

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PIP cannot install Pygame

Hi, i am a newbee. I tried to install pygame with pip but it seems can't work. The process only stop at notification of "satisfied requirement" but without processing the installation it self. The com

Super User

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windows 10 - I can't install Pygame Zero or Pygame library - Super User

March 23, 2021 - Open Powershell or cmd, navigate to your Downloads folder and run pip install pygame-2.0.1-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl or other appropriate version. This worked for me no problem. You can do the same for the other package, just find its pypi page. ... Comments are not for extended discussion; this conversation has been moved to chat.

GitHub

github.com › pygame › pygame › issues › 3673

Cannot install pygame · Issue #3673 · pygame/pygame

January 17, 2023 - error error: subprocess-exited-with-error × python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [77 lines of output] WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py" Using WINDOWS configuration... Traceback (most recent call last): File "<string>", line 2, in <module> File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module> File "C:\Users\ashra\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-z85vqe2y\pygame_c6cb5ec149fa44be800e6a0341017667\setup.py", line 359, in <module> buildconfig.config.main(AUTO_CONFIG) File "C:\Users\ashra\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-z85vqe2y\pygam

Author pygame

GitHub

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pygame is not installing · Issue #5897 · pypa/pip

October 17, 2018 - Pip version: 1.8.0 Python version: 3.7.0 Operating system: Windows 10 i can't install pygame with this it keeps saying syntax error on pip python3 -m pip install -U pygame --user

Author pypa

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Steps to install PyGame using pip

Install build dependencies (on linux):

Copysudo apt-get build-dep python-pygame

Install mercurial to use hg (on linux):
```
Copysudo apt-get install mercurial
```
On Windows you can use the installer: Download
Use pip to install PyGame:
```
Copypip install hg+http://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame
```
If the above gives freetype-config: not found error (on Linux), then try sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev and then repeat 3.

Alternative way:

Copy# Grab source
hg clone https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame

# Finally build and install
cd pygame
python setup.py build
sudo python setup.py install

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Try doing this:

Copysudo apt-get install mercurial
sudo pip install hg+http://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame

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r/pygame on Reddit: Why I can’t install Pygame?

November 26, 2023 -

I am using python 3.10 or 3.12 with Pycharm 2022.1 and the latest pip and Pygame versios! Why it just doesn’t work?

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The reason you're getting this confusing error is because Pycharm uses a separate virtual environment which is separate from the global one. If you install pip packages in Command Prompt, they will not be available in Pycharm's virtual environment.

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You have two choices: A. Mess about with pycharm to find what is your python binary and install the stuff you need under that path. B. Run python commands via terminal/cmd prompt Assuming you are new to development: Don't use pycharm, it has it's own python binaries, it's a pain to explain here. Use a simple editor like sublime or notepad++ Get used to running python from terminal or command line (rather than an IDE) For terminal on mac press space and command to open search, and enter terminal then press enter. For cmd, press the windows button, in the search type cmd and press enter Navigate to your target dir, using cd python testing_if_pygame_works.py then press enter Python isn't a bloated language like Java, Flutter, node etc so you really don't need a big IDE.

GeeksforGeeks

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How to Install Pygame on Windows ? - GeeksforGeeks

February 21, 2023 - In order to install Pygame, Python must be installed already in your system. To check whether Python is installed or not in your system, open the command prompt and give the command as shown below.

Python.org

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Python can not find the installed package pygame - Python Help - Discussions on Python.org

April 24, 2023 - Hello there, I am new to python and new to this platform. If I am asking something stupid and/or in the wrong section, please be gentle with me - thanks a lot! I am currently experiencing problems with python when trying to use the module “pygame”. I am running Python 3.10.11 on a Windows ...