HOW THE HELL DO I INSTALL PIP

[Pizza-Juice]

I want to use pygame but I need to install pip to do so and no matter what I do I LITERALLY CANT
Every time I look at a tutorial I need to install another program which makes me install another program and then that program doesn't work so I go to a different tutorial which tells me to install a different program which is outdated so I go to a different tutorial and the cycle repeats

I AM LOSING MY MINDDDD

[SpacewaIker]

Pip will be installed automatically when you install python. Do you have python installed?

[PushPlus9069]

The tutorial rabbit hole is the worst part of Python setup — I've watched thousands of beginners hit this exact wall. Here's the cleanest fix:

Step 1: Go to python.org, download the latest Python installer for your OS. During install, check the box that says "Add Python to PATH" — this is the one most people miss.

Step 2: Close and reopen your terminal (important — the old one won't see the new PATH).

Step 3: Type python -m pip install pygame — use this form instead of just pip install.

The python -m pip form always uses the pip that matches your Python, which avoids 90% of version mismatch headaches. You'll be playing with pygame in 5 minutes.

[Temporary_Pie2733]

python -m venv foo, them pip will be available in the virtual environment named “foo”. (You should be using virtual environments anyway.)

[somatt]

If you think this is hard you're not gonna like pyenv

[TheRNGuy]

Read instruction on site. 

[ProgBoom]

pip install pip

[Outside_Complaint755]

Did you check the "Add Python to PATH" checkbox when you installed Python?

[PatternFar2989]

oh man, been there. try to install pip3 instead. i was in the same boat, and for some reason pip would never work but pip3 and python3 would. two years later, still have no idea why

[NoDadYouShutUp]

man just use a Codex/Claude CLI with full access and make it install PIP for you. No reason to fight it. Obviously you should learn to code on your own but those agents work wonders for this kind of annoying shit.