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Re: [pygame] newbie who is lost asking for rescue party
But for a beginner, just learning python, it really doesn't matter
very much which version you use.
The really important part is that your python version has to match your
pygame version.
I am pretty sure that the vast majority of tutorials will work exactly
the same in 2.7 and 3.x
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James Paige
On Thu, Oct 04, 2012 at 11:04:52AM -0700, SHANE VAN STRAATEN wrote:
> Hi
>
> thanks for the advice but i was told to stay away from version python
> 3.2.3
> as python-2.7.3 exe as this version is more supported and has more
> libraries to use but as i am newbie i dont know and not looking to make
> hot game just to learn
> with easy tasks first so as you wne t through what i ahve to still learn
> what would you do
>
> Shane
>
> From: Al Sweigart <al@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: pygame-users@xxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, October 4, 2012 1:20 AM
> Subject: Re: [pygame] newbie who is lost asking for rescue party
> I'm assuming you have Windows. If you have a 64-bit machine, download this
> file: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.2.3/python-3.2.3.amd64.msi
>
> If you have a 32-bit machine, download this file:
> http://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.2.3/python-3.2.3.msi
>
> If you don't know, go to Start > Control Panel > System, look at System
> type and it will say 64-bit or 32-bit.
>
> Run this .msi file and jut click Next a whole bunch until it finishes.
> (All the defaults are fine.)
>
> Then download this file for Pygame:
> http://pygame.org/ftp/pygame-1.9.2a0.win32-py3.2.msi
>
> Run this .msi file, all the default options are fine.
>
> This should install Python and Pygame.
>
> -Al
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Owen Rexian <outrexian@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Not 100% sure what the problem is...
> So you have downloaded the binary, opened it up, and then what?
>
> On 4 October 2012 00:05, shane <shanevanshane@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> totaly a newbie in every sense
>
> was told to download 2.7 version but even when i go to instruction
> page i
> get lost again please some help
>
> i downloaded python-2.7.3 exe (15.5mb) what else do i need and where
> di i
> get it because there is a heck of a lot of files that i dont know what
> they
> mean or their purpose and it also talks of no scource code?????
>
> *Windows Binary Installer*
> This is probably the most popular method of installation. If you are
> running
> on windows, it is highly recommended you use this form of installing.
> The
> installers come with with nearly everything you need, and have an easy
> point
> and click installers.
> The first thing you will need is an installation of Python. Python
> binary
> installers make it easy to get this done. Pygame binaries usually come
> for
> the latest 2 releases of Python, so you'll want to be fairly up to
> date.
> Once that is in place, you want to download the appropriate windows
> binary.
> From the pygame downloads page you can find the .EXE file you need.
> This
> will automatically install all of pygame and all the SDL dependencies.
> The
> windows binaries have filenames like this;
> "http://www3.telus.net/len_l/pygame-1.8.0release.win32-py2.5.msi";.
> This
> would be the installer for pygame version 1.8.0, for Python version
> 2.5. You
> shouldn't have trouble finding the correct binary from the "Windows"
> section
> of the download page. http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml.
> You will also probably want to install the windows documentation and
> installation package. This will add easy links to the different
> documentation and games that come with pygame. The installer for this
> is
> found next to the other windows binary downloads. The filename looks
> like
> this; "pygame-docs-1.8.0.exe". And this would install the
> documentation and
> examples for pygame-1.8.0
> One other thing the windows binaries are missing is the Numeric or
> numpy
> Python packages. You can easily install this separately and it will
> allow
> you to use the pygame "surfarray" module. This module is optional, so
> there
> is no need to do this. There are binary installers from the Numeric
> download
> page. http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1369. A
> Numeric
> for Windows python 2.5 can be found on the download page:
> http://www.pygame.org/download.shtml.
> Numpy is newer than Numeric, so you should probably use that...
> however both
> are not entirely compatible. Instead of numpy you can also use
> PixelArray,
> which is built into pygame
>
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