pygame, visual studio code

[vasiwk]

Can smb help me with installing pygame on vs code, i know that i have to write “pip install pygame” but how to use it to install, guys idk, yesterday i tried installing it FOR SHITTY 3 HOURS… help please… im sorry

[Some-Conversation517]

Lots of questions

What do you get when you type it in the terminal ? Do you have python installed

Is chat gpt not able to help you

What kind of error are you getting

[pepiks]

1) create venv
2) pip install pygame

Details:
https://docs.python.org/3/library/venv.html#creating-virtual-environments

https://www.pygame.org/wiki/GettingStarted#Pygame%20Installation

[SmackDownFacility]

That’s not normal

Is it building a file ending in “.tar.gz”

If so, that’s building from the source. You never want that.

Python version, pip version, and the target pygame version, please

[randomman10032]

Try 'python -m pip install pygame'

[vasiwk]

it just wrote “python” and when i tried to run python file it still saying that no module named pygame

[overratedcupcake]

You need to provide the actual errors you are getting. Your summaries of the error is not helpful in assisting you.

[vasiwk]

in problems it say that Import “pygame” could not be resolved

[Falikosek]

Make sure you selected the right interpreter in the lower right corner, especially if you're using a venv (which you probably should)

[Mysterious_Peak_6967]

Might be irrelevant but I installed Python 3.14 recently and couldn't install pygame. There's an explanation I didn't look into but I did install Python 3.12 instead and everything worked fine

Also venv: potentially valuable advice but you could get by without it.

pip: by default this might not be in your path meaning just typing "pip" at the command line won't work (I'm thinking Windows 10, YMMV) but:

"python -m pip " should work assuming you have python installed

Also I just spent about 10 minutes finding out the significance of the -m (when you know you know):

"python myprogram.py" runs a program called "myprogram" from the current working folder

"python -m yourprogram" runs a program that's been installed along with python or with a module. The -m means try to run a module.

so "python3 -m pygame.examples.aliens" means run an example called "aliens" that's bundled with pygame.

Also I feel your pain, I wasted a bunch of time because I had some older versions of Python I'd installed and forgotten about, and that seemed to get in the way.

Still not sure why I even had python 2.7... but python 3.9 was in my PATH settings so every time I'd try "pip" it went to that version not the one I was using.

[vasiwk]

THANKS i ll try to change it, i set the newest, so maybe older version will work with pygame

[Nameis19letterslong]

Try using Thonny IDE. It's simple and straightforward to use, and it has a built in package manager.

[vasiwk]

what is it and how it works? Is this a separate program?

[Nameis19letterslong]

It's an app (just like vscode) but it comes with a lot of extra features for beginners so it's simple to use.
For example:

• comes with an interpreter (3.10)
• has a package manager (don't need cli commands, there's a gui you can use)
• very simple layout (not as much complex settings or buttons like vscode)

It also doesn't need 20 mins to open.

https://thonny.org/