Adding Pygame to PYTHONPATH

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Windows 8 64 bit
Python 3.4.3
Pygame-1.9.2a0.win32-py3.4

I'm in the process of trying to install Pygame now. This computer has two hard-drives, and I'm not sure if that means anything, but when I try and install Pygame it defaults to my D:\ drive. Python itself is installed on my C:\ drive however. this is what I see when I try to install Pygame and this is what I think I should see when I install it (right?). That is a screenshot from a video tutorial I was following.

So, I've copied all the files from the pygame folder to where it should installed, which are C:\Python34\Lib\site-packages and C:\Python34\include. Instead of getting the usual import error, I now get this error. I've looked at a bunch of similar problems and they all said that the problem probably is the PYTHONPATH. So I've gone to the environment variables > system variables and clicked New. Variable name = PYTHONPATH and Variable_Value = C:\Python34\Lib\site-packages\pygame; Is this right?

When I type import sys --> print (sys.path), pygame does show up, but I still get an error.

kedam6 · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-06 22:35:20Z

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I've had similar problem when installing pygame, Windows 8.1 wouldn't recognise MinGW system variable, and leading to this pygame was never found.

What solved problem for me is http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ . Here you can find unofficial wheels for many packages that won't install for varoius reasons or simply don't work too well.

You simply need pip with version >= 6. Install the one with cp34, it is corresponding with CPython 3.4.

answered Jun 6, 2015 at 22:35

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Ryan Over a year ago

Thank you, but I finally found the problem! I've been installing pygame properly, but the wrong version. I was installing 32 bit for the past few days wondering why it didn't work. I needed to install the 64 bit, which was a whl file. I tried avoiding .whl files because pip itself is a mess for me, but I realized you can unzip them with 7zip. I extracted it to the desktop and copied it into site-packages. Once I did this, I could import pygame and print (pygame.ver) successfully. I honestly didn't think the 32/64 bit would matter but it did in this case

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