pygame install windows 10 s

[fenny666]

Hi all,

please forgive my noobness but I'm at a loss and need help Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Just bought a new laptop to get back into programming. It runs windows 10 S. I've installed 3.8 from the store and it runs fine. 3.7 doesn't run for some reason.

I'm trying to install pygame. Is it even possible with 10 S?

I'm far from sold on S mode. Does anyone have an opinion on it's merit?

Also...if you don't mind Is pygame the best way to go? I dabbled with it years ago with the book 'Python Programming for the absolute beginner'. At the time I loved the book but it seems much has changed since then.

Tips/Advice/Pointers/Criticism all very much welcome and appreciated.

Cheers

[snippsat]

I'm trying to install pygame. Is it even possible with 10 S?

It should work for 10 S.
You see from Microsoft store Python 3.8 that there is screenshot from cmd where run python command.
So test with pip -V and it should point to 3.8.
Then if work pip install pygame.

C:\Python38\Scripts
# Install
λ pip install pygame
Collecting pygame
  Downloading https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/d2/ba/8e4.../pygame-1.9.6-cp38-cp38-win32.whl (4.4MB)
     |████████████████████████████████| 4.4MB 504kB/s
Installing collected packages: pygame
Successfully installed pygame-1.9.6

# Test that it work
C:\Python38
λ python
Python 3.8.1 (tags/v3.8.1:1b293b6, Dec 18 2019, 22:39:24) [MSC v.1916 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import pygame
pygame 1.9.6
Hello from the pygame community. https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
>>>

Tutorial for version from python.org Python 3.8 (3.6-3.7) and pip installation under Windows

[fenny666]

Thanks for the reply.
Win 10 's mode' locks me out of the command prompt. I like the idea of s mode to keep things running smoothly but not to the extent where I can't do what I want to do. Or am I missing something?
Is it possible to install pygame without using cmd? I was able to download dist/pygame-1.9.6.tar file and extract it. It's extracted to a desktop folder. I can't even access the Python directory as it's an app and protected in 's mode'.
The quick(but permanent) fix is to exit 's mode' but I was hoping there was a work around.

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I'm thinking it's likely 's mode' is too restrictive for my needs at least. One of those things that sound good on paper. Thanks again for taking the time to reply. Very much appreciated. Cheers

[snippsat]

Did a search.

Windows 10S is not able to use command prompt or any settings that can alter system files for security purposes.
The only way for you to do this is to upgrade/switch to Windows 10 Pro.

This is just terrible,command line is a very important part when programming.
I use cmder which is really good,but of course no version on Microsoft store.
So upgrade if want do programming.

[fenny666]

I was trying to find a work around but you've confirmed what I suspected. Thanks for taking the time to look into it. Although I don't have to upgrade, I can just turn it off. But if you leave 's mode' you can NEVER return to it. That's what it tells you. It's clever but ruthless marketing. It'll trap a lot of people into their marketplace. I'll opt out and do my own thing:-)
Thanks again for your time. Cheers