I can not install the Pygame module

Question

I tried to install pygame module but first I needed to update my pip, so I did it via this code

 pip install --upgrade pip

then I tried to install pygame with this code

pip3 install pygame

And

pip install pygame

once I did that it gave me an error message starting with

  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
 command: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.8/bin/python3.8

tried to install other modules and it went just fine.

I use vs code and I use a MacBook.

We need more information likw what os and version of python you are running — medic17, May 21 '20 at 04:50

haydso · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-21T02:51:47.590

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NOTE: Pygame might not be compatible with Python 3.8, try other versions of Python

Depending on if you are using Linux distros or MacOS, a 'sudo' might be needed at the start.

Try installing pygame with just 'pip' instead of 'pip3'.

edited May 21 '20 at 02:51

answered May 21 '20 at 02:18

haydso

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 21 '20 at 04:45

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If you use PyCharm, you can easily install most libraries from there. Setting PyCharm up is slightly complicated though.

answered May 21 '20 at 04:45

pythonian 23

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