On Friday, November 1, 2019 at 1:05:35 AM UTC-4, MRAB wrote: > On 2019-11-01 03:47, originallmo...@gmail.com wrote: > > It's been years since I've done anything with Python, and it wasn't a > > language I was terribly familiar with even then. I'm using Python 3.8 on my > > Windows 7 laptop. Python itself works so far as I can tell. I can get it to > > import pip without problems, but, when I try to get going with pygame, I > > hit a roadblock. > > > > I have pygame 1.9.6.tar.gz. Apparently, I don't have the means of unzipping > > it, yet, I think I've seen things on other forums suggesting that Python > > can do that for me. Is that true? > > > Actually, you do have the means: Python! > > But there's a simpler way. > > > I've been trying to use "pip install" (Written just like that, minus the > > quotes, of course), yet, it tells me that's a syntax error. > > > > Is there a way of inputting this that I'm not aware of? I've seen various > > versions of people calling the command, with things like "pip.install" or > > "-m pip install -U pygame -user" or something like that, are THOSE what I > > should be trying or...am I completely off-base right now? > > > Those commands are for the Windows command prompt. > > > Any help would be appreciated, as I'm losing patience with it at the moment. > > > > Go to Christoph Gohlke's site at: > > https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pygame > > Download one of these "wheel" files: > > pygame‑1.9.6‑cp38‑cp38‑win_amd64.whl for 64-bit > > or: > > pygame‑1.9.6‑cp38‑cp38‑win32.whl for 32-bit > > At the Windows command prompt type: > > py -3.8 -m pip install "path/to/wheel"
Does it matter where I place pygame? I was going to put it into my Scripts folder, as I'm pretty sure I already have a path that goes there. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
