Installing pygame in Pycharm. There are no instructions. Help

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Thanks.
I am using MacOS.
That vid is nice, but it recommends the community edition.
I tried to follow it without it and it doesn't have pygame on the package installation list.
Is that what the community edition does, it includes more packages from the community?

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It's confusing.
The pygame packages that are there now are not "Pygame" like in the Youtube, but
They are "SimplePygUI"
and "pygameday"
and ""pygameoflife"
and "pygameSS"
and such

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Thanks
I asked a related question, because that video suggested I needed a different interpreter.

Here

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Thanks
Almost There. I used Jetbrains!
I can get to the final part, am using the correct interpreter, everything else, where I have to choose an available package to install,
but PyGame isn't in the package list in Pycharm.

Does that make any sense? I didn't remove it. How might I get Pygame into Pycharm's package list? How do Idle and Pycharm distinguish their resources? Thanks

The video is here

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Yes
THANKS!
What should I do now?

Just add PyGame to your updated PyCharm install as above - that's it.

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Thanks
Looking closer at the Youtube's above

the woman's lesson needs Pycharm community edition. in the top left menu
Is that crucial?

What is the best way to change my current Python?

I have pycharm-community-2016.3.3.dmg in my downloads. I think that's what messed everything up last time, and I reinstalled Python 3.6 because I thought it had gotten to a worse version.

I think this page seems familiar, but it was too complicated here

Which is the undisputed best link to download the correct/recent community edition from?
So, I can give you all some rest from this personal catastrophe! j/k

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I have this Pygame install file

pygame-1.9.2pre-py2.6-macosx10.6.mpkg

Which is the most recent correct install file. Where can I find it ?

Thanks

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Is the most recent pygame for Macintosh :

pygame-1.9.1release-python.org-32bit-py2.7-macosx10.3.dmg 12MB from Pygame.org downloads?

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Thanks

Is shown in the video?
There is no video in that link?
URL?

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May I have a solid link to the most recent pygame .dmg download page?
Thanks

There is no 1.9.3 dmg download, 1.9.3 is packaged as a .whl so you need pip installed to unpack it. That's why it's installed through Pycharm which takes all the hassle out of installing. The most recent .dmg is the one you listed from August 2009 which is built for Python 2.7.

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Thanks
What is a python wheel? Why haven't I heard that before?
So, I click the top most selection (Mac OS X ), download, and then open the file in Pycharm, how?
Do I DL the .whl or md5?

super!

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It seems that I have Python 3.3.3

The woman in one video uses 3.6.2. - Really!?
Has this been my entire problem? I cant imagine something as common as installing pygame is that incompatible?

Thanks

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Thanks,

One thing also,
My Pycharm, interpreter is Pycharm CE 2016. 3.3.3

The woman in one Pygame install YT has 3.6.2
My options in Available Packages does not include Pygame, everything else, but not pygame
I've wondered if this is possibly my entire problem, upgrade, .DMG incompatibilities?
Also, must I do anything specific to let the install know where my pygame must be installed in Pycharm, or does it always look in applications/pycharm
Thanks