A problem running the pygame setup

[Hamy Li]

after i download everything i need. i run the pygame setup from python. But when i run it an error shows up

No Arguments Given, Perform Default Install? [Y/n]y
WARNING, DLL for SDL library not found.
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
building 'pygame._numericsurfarray' extension

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pygame-1.8.0release\setup.py", line 232, in <module>
    setup(**PACKAGEDATA)
  File "C:\Python25\lib\distutils\core.py", line 168, in setup
    raise SystemExit, "error: " + str(msg)
SystemExit: error: Python was built with Visual Studio version 7.1, and extensions need to be built with the same version of the compiler, but it isn't installed.

can anyone explain the error. is there anything i might need to download?

thanks! :)

[Hamy Li]

bump, bump, bump :)
bump, bump, bump :)

[jlm699]

The only requirement for Pygame that I know of is numpy (or Numeric if you're old school).

I would try uninstalling and reinstalling the latest version of Python and then retry. Make sure that you're downloading the correct binary installer for your system and version of Python.

[Hamy Li]

The only requirement for Pygame that I know of is numpy (or Numeric if you're old school).

I would try uninstalling and reinstalling the latest version of Python and then retry. Make sure that you're downloading the correct binary installer for your system and version of Python.

ahh...okay. I'll try re-installing. Thanks!!

[Hamy Li]

from livewires import games

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\Pygame 1.8 Documents and Examples\examples\aliens.py", line 6, in <module>
    import pygame
ImportError: No module named pygame

i download all the required binaries mentioned in the installation doc. But when i try to run it, it still doesn't work. I check the path browser, the pygame folder does not show up. What might be the problem here?


*edit* I'm using python 2.5.2

[jlm699]

Is the pygame folder located within your Lib\site-packages foler? If not, you probably did not install it in the right location and you could simply search for the folder and place it under that directory.. if it is there, you'll need to reinstall Python possibly because you installation might be hosed.

[Hamy Li]

it is already in the site-package folder. and I've also tried re-installing python. it still doesn't work.

by the way, do you know how to insert a path? i think the problem might be there's not a path directed to the pygame folder within the site-package

[jlm699]

It should search recursively but for sanity's sake open up a Python shell and type in:
[code=python]
>>> import sys
>>> sys.path
['', 'C:\\WINDOWS\\s ystem32\\python 24.zip', 'C:\\Python24\\ Lib\\site-packages\\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\\wx\\py ', 'C:\\Python24\\ DLLs', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\plat-win', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\lib-tk', 'C:\\Python24', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\site-packages', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\site-packages\\pytho nutils', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\site-packages\\win32 ', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\site-packages\\win32 \\lib', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\site-packages\\Pytho nwin', 'C:\\Python24\\ lib\\site-packages\\wx-2.8-msw-unicode']
>>> [/code]
That'll tell you where Python is looking. You can manually add via
sys.path.append ('C:\\Python25\ \Lib\\site-packages\\pygam e')
HTH