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How can I get pygame for Python3?

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There is a package (python-pygame) for Python2 available from the universe repository. However, I want to work through the tutorial in the Invent with Python book. Going through SPM (Synaptic), I cannot find a pygame resource for Python3.

Also, I looked on the Pygame website and it is not clear if Pygame is available for Python3 (though the book indicates that it is).

Can someone help me with my dilemma?

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answered 2 Years ago amelican · Accepted Answer

Thanks to Sergey's suggestion, this is how to get it working:

INSTALL

(1) Move to a directory where you want the source code to be downloaded to

(2) svn co svn://seul.org/svn/pygame/trunk pygame

    NOTE:  Be sure to use the svn method.  Simply downloading the pygame*.tar.gz

           file from the pygame downloads page didn't work!

(3) cd pygame

(4) python3 config.py

    NOTE:  This confirms that you have the dependencies.

(5) python3 setup.py build

(6) sudo python3 setup.py install

    NOTE:  On my machine, I have the distro's python3.2 installed (which is in

           the /usr/lib directory).  This step places the pygame module into

           /usr/local/lib -- which is what you want (per Sergey's suggestion).



TEST

(1) python3

(2) At the '>>>' prompt, type "import pygame"

    VALIDATION:  If you get another '>>>' prompt, all is well.

per BlaXpirit, you may also choose to use hg instead of svn:

hg clone https://bitbucket.org/pygame/pygame