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Help me install PYgame on Python 3.3.3 IDLE

Hi

I like Python and pygame :) (pygame youtubes look sweet)
I want to use the current forefront language.
I have Python 3.3.3 working
It is just a console, shell, like Apple II e basic, not an IDE. ?
What is the best way to install pygame for 3.3.3 ?
There are os X releases on pygame.org,
but I don't want to find out the hard way I used the wrong download.
How should I proceed? How do they connect?

Thanks

James Hancock

ASKER

This has Pygame, but version 1.9

here

Dont I want 2.2 ? for most recent add ons?

Pasha Kravtsov

If you're on OS X you can use any IDE/text editor to create .py files.
Example:

vim game.py

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Then enter a semi colon ':' and type wq which saves and exits the file now you have a python game file which you can either double click or run by doing "python game.py" in the terminal

To install pygame you should install easy_install which installs python libraries for you:
(Do these commands one by one in the terminal)

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | python
python ez_setup.py
easy_install pygame

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James Hancock

ASKER

Thanks

I seem to get :

SyntaxError: invalid syntax

on those lines

How do I check to see if the Terminal is properly connected to python?
thx

Pasha Kravtsov

Sorry, I should of been more clear for you to use the OS X terminal not the python terminal.

James Hancock

ASKER

Thanks

Insane . . . I get

Last login: Thu Aug 28 22:31:52 on ttys001
Jamess-MacBook-Pro:~ johnhancock$ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | python
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 10476  100 10476    0     0  10851      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 18673
Downloading https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/setuptools-5.7.zip
Extracting in /var/folders/1s/_bv1k86n2lq6ld9m00cb6l180000gn/T/tmpzSl211
Now working in /var/folders/1s/_bv1k86n2lq6ld9m00cb6l180000gn/T/tmpzSl211/setuptools-5.7
Installing Setuptools
running install
Checking .pth file support in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/
error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/test-easy-install-1205.pth'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:

  https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

Something went wrong during the installation.
See the error message above.
Jamess-MacBook-Pro:~ jameshancock$ curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | python
  % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
                                 Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
100 10476  100 10476    0     0  17658      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 52909
Extracting in /var/folders/1s/_bv1k86n2lq6ld9m00cb6l180000gn/T/tmpZDxjqc
Now working in /var/folders/1s/_bv1k86n2lq6ld9m00cb6l180000gn/T/tmpZDxjqc/setuptools-5.7
Installing Setuptools
running install
Checking .pth file support in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/
error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/test-easy-install-1221.pth'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:

  https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

Something went wrong during the installation.
See the error message above.
Jamess-MacBook-Pro:~ jameshancock$ easy_install pygame
error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:

    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/test-easy-install-1229.write-test'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:

    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:

  http://peak.telecommunity.com/EasyInstall.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

Jamess-MacBook-Pro:~ jameshancock$

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In System Preferences, I have administrator rights, and I can't see why it wont let me install.
Ideas?

Thanks

ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION

Pasha Kravtsov

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