Comment on Can someone help me get Pygame working?

lokalhorst@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It does not. I get the same module missing error.

  /usr/local/bin/python3: Error while finding module specification for ‘pygame.examples.aliens’ (ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘pygame’)

  Using apt because pip throws an error when I try to install using it. error: externally-managed-environment and a bunch of more text suggesting apt installs with python3-xyz.

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  • lokalhorst@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Never use your system Python. It is used by your OS and should not be tempered with. Use a virtual environment instead. Read this whole comment in stack overflow stackoverflow.com/…/how-do-i-solve-error-external…

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    • ComicalMayhem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I followed the instructions on the page but I still get the “module not found” error when running the file I made and the pygame.examples.aliens

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      • lokalhorst@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Did you activate the environment before running your Python script using source venv/bin/acticate? Replace venv with the directory of the environment.

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