Installing Pygame (python 3.4) - windows 7 64 bit

Question

I seem to be having problems installing pygame. I found the unofficial binary's from idf.uci.edu but they are whl files and i have no ways of extracting such files. Can somebody link me to a .exe file or tell me how to extract a whl file

Thanks

A quick google search shows that a ".whl" is a wheel file, which is in fact just a zip with some predefined package contents. You could search how to install a wheel package or alternatively, try unzipping the file and use it directly without installing to your normal python install path. — Brian McFarland, Feb 02 '15 at 20:53

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '15 at 19:13

found solution

1) 7zip unzips the whl file. Place pygame folder in the lib folder

2) Alternatively place the whl file in the scripts folder. From command line navigate to the scripts folder and run "pip install and the file name" press enter and away it installs

test)
type import pygame in idle - no errors, no problems.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 16 '15 at 19:23

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Guide to install .wlh: https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html#installing-from-wheels

The exe files: pygame-1.9.2a0.win-amd64-py3.4.exe (onedrive)

answered Mar 16 '15 at 19:23

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Installing Pygame (python 3.4) - windows 7 64 bit

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