pygame won't install in the terminal

Question

When trying to install pygame, (pip install pygame),Im getting the error:

** error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully. │ exit code: 1 ╰─> [77 lines of output] **

(Im running Windows 11)

I think everything is updated to the newest release

Ive tried updating everything, Ive tried updating my device, I have no idea what to do, any help would be much appreciated! Thank you!

You are showing us the error summary only. There should be a more accurate error message earlier. — Klaus D., Dec 17 '22 at 03:13
See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/74188013/python-pygame-not-installing/74188087#74188087 you can use Python 3.11 with the latest pygame pre release — Starbuck5, Dec 17 '22 at 04:51

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '22 at 02:54

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Try running command prompt as admin. All you do is press the windows key, search "command prompt", and select to run it as an admin. Then just type the command. I don't know if this will work for you, but it always works for me.

Hope this helps!

answered Dec 17 '22 at 02:54

Alpha Wolf Studios

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No, ramming things through as Administrator should _not_ be your first troubleshooting step. – ChrisGPT was on strike Dec 17 '22 at 03:02
regardless, running as an administrator, unfortunately, didn't help. Do you have any other ideas? – Toby Zweig Dec 17 '22 at 03:09

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