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Title: pygame install error using python 3.8.0
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Windows Versions: Python 3.8
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Status: closed Resolution: third party
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Assigned To: Nosy List: christian.heimes, paul.moore, pysuresh, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2019-11-08 15:12 by pysuresh, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg356244 - (view) Author: Suresh Murugesan (pysuresh) Date: 2019-11-08 15:12
I tried to install pygame, using pip install pygame, on my windows 10 running python 3.8.0. But it fails with the following error messages

Can you please help. I read on the internet that 3.8 is not stable yet for pygame. Is it true?

   ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: 'c:\users\smuru02\appdata\local\programs\python\python38-32\python.exe' -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'C:\\Users\\smuru02\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\\pygame\\setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'C:\\Users\\smuru02\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\\pygame\\setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info --egg-base 'C:\Users\smuru02\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\pygame\pip-egg-info'
         cwd: C:\Users\smuru02\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\pygame\
    Complete output (17 lines):


    WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py"
    Using WINDOWS configuration...


    Download prebuilts to "prebuilt_downloads" and copy to "./prebuilt-x86"? [Y/n]Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
      File "C:\Users\smuru02\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\pygame\setup.py", line 194, in <module>
        buildconfig.config.main(AUTO_CONFIG)
      File "C:\Users\smuru02\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\pygame\buildconfig\config.py", line 210, in main
        deps = CFG.main(**kwds)
      File "C:\Users\smuru02\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\pygame\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 576, in main
        and download_win_prebuilt.ask(**download_kwargs):
      File "C:\Users\smuru02\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-0yqtpy1n\pygame\buildconfig\download_win_prebuilt.py", line 302, in ask
        reply = raw_input(
    EOFError: EOF when reading a line
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.
msg356245 - (view) Author: Christian Heimes (christian.heimes) * (Python committer) Date: 2019-11-08 15:29
pygame is a third-party component and not developed by the Python core team. This bug tracker is only for issues with Python itself. Please report the problem with pygame.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:23adminsetgithub: 82926
2019-11-08 15:29:48christian.heimessetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + christian.heimes
messages: + msg356245

resolution: third party
stage: resolved
2019-11-08 15:12:57pysureshcreate