Installing pygame though pip but I keep getting an error

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I am trying to install pygame on windows 10 using pip. I am using python 3. I keep getting this error when I run pip install pygame:

Collecting pygame
  Using cached pygame-1.9.6.tar.gz (3.2 MB)
    ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\users\aarav\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\aarav\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-4b04m745\\pygame\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\aarav\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-4b04m745\\pygame\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users\aarav\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-pip-egg-info-up4741kz'
         cwd: C:\Users\aarav\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4b04m745\pygame\
    Complete output (17 lines):


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


    Download prebuilts to "prebuilt_downloads" and copy to "./prebuilt-x64"? [Y/n]Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\aarav\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4b04m745\pygame\setup.py", line 194, in <module>
        buildconfig.config.main(AUTO_CONFIG)
      File "C:\Users\aarav\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4b04m745\pygame\buildconfig\config.py", line 210, in main
        deps = CFG.main(**kwds)
      File "C:\Users\aarav\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4b04m745\pygame\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 576, in main
        and download_win_prebuilt.ask(**download_kwargs):
      File "C:\Users\aarav\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-4b04m745\pygame\buildconfig\download_win_prebuilt.py", line 302, in ask
        reply = raw_input(
    EOFError: EOF when reading a line
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

Does anyone have a suggestion on how I can fix this?

Do you need that version specifically? It isn't current. Did you try removing the .tar.gz file and trying again? — Karl Knechtel, Oct 18 '20 at 11:58
Maybe https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9510474/removing-pips-cache helps? — Karl Knechtel, Oct 18 '20 at 12:05
So `pip install pygame --no-cache-dir`? I don't need that version specifically, but I don't know which version the new one is — D4RKN355, Oct 18 '20 at 12:12
To the close voters, the linked answers are largely unhelpful or incorrect. — import random, Oct 19 '20 at 01:22

import random · Answer 1 · 2020-10-25T23:52:14.470

From your error logs, you're using Python 3.9. The current Pygame release, 1.9.6 doesn't support Python 3.9. You have several options:

Install and use Python 3.8, then pip install pygame should work.
Install the Pygame 2 development version, pip install pygame==2.0.0.dev14, or pip install pygame --pre to obtain the latest pre-release version.
Try a third party pygame wheel from Christoph Gohlke, he offers pygame 1.9.6 linked against cpython39.

Installing pygame though pip but I keep getting an error

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