pygame can't be installed

[Lethalid]

Hello
after typing "pip install pygame" in cmd I have:

:\Windows\system32>pip install pygame
Collecting pygame
Using cached pygame-2.1.2.tar.gz (10.1 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [77 lines of output]


WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py"
Using WINDOWS configuration...

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
File "C:\Users\48506\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yvilgu1k\pygame_2d5b6dd094c841b1af8e5fc6ba7e2dac\setup.py", line 359, in <module>
buildconfig.config.main(AUTO_CONFIG)
File "C:\Users\48506\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yvilgu1k\pygame_2d5b6dd094c841b1af8e5fc6ba7e2dac\buildconfig\config.py", line 225, in main
deps = CFG.main(**kwds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\48506\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yvilgu1k\pygame_2d5b6dd094c841b1af8e5fc6ba7e2dac\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 511, in main
return setup_prebuilt_sdl2(prebuilt_dir)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\48506\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yvilgu1k\pygame_2d5b6dd094c841b1af8e5fc6ba7e2dac\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 471, in setup_prebuilt_sdl2
DEPS.configure()
File "C:\Users\48506\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yvilgu1k\pygame_2d5b6dd094c841b1af8e5fc6ba7e2dac\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 336, in configure
from . import vstools
File "C:\Users\48506\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-yvilgu1k\pygame_2d5b6dd094c841b1af8e5fc6ba7e2dac\buildconfig\vstools.py", line 11, in <module>
compiler.initialize()
File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 403, in initialize
vc_env = query_vcvarsall(VERSION, plat_spec)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\python\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 281, in query_vcvarsall
raise DistutilsPlatformError("Unable to find vcvarsall.bat")
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
Making dir :prebuilt_downloads:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.0.18-VC.zip ed561079ec622b0bab5a9e02976f5d540b0622da
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2-devel-2.0.18-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_imag...0.5-VC.zip 137f86474691f4e12e76e07d58d5920c8d844d5b
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_image-devel-2.0.5-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/....15-VC.zip 1436df41ebc47ac36e02ec9bda5699e80ff9bd27
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_ttf-devel-2.0.15-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_mixe...0.4-VC.zip 9097148f4529cf19f805ccd007618dec280f0ecc
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.pygame.org/ftp/jpegsr9d.zip ed10aa2b5a0fcfe74f8a6f7611aeb346b06a1f99
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\jpegsr9d.zip:
Downloading... https://pygame.org/ftp/prebuilt-x64-pyga...150922.zip 3a5af3427b3aa13a0aaf5c4cb08daaed341613ed
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\prebuilt-x64-pygame-1.9.2-20150922.zip:
copying into .\prebuilt-x64
Path for SDL: prebuilt-x64\SDL2-2.0.18
...Library directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.18/lib/x64
...Include directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.18/include
Path for FONT: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_ttf-2.0.15
...Library directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64
...Include directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/include
Path for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_image-2.0.5
...Library directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64
...Include directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/include
Path for MIXER: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4
...Library directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64
...Include directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/include
Path for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64
...Library directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/lib
...Include directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/include
DLL for SDL2: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.18/lib/x64/SDL2.dll
DLL for SDL2_ttf: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/SDL2_ttf.dll
DLL for SDL2_image: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64/SDL2_image.dll
DLL for SDL2_mixer: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64/SDL2_mixer.dll
DLL for portmidi: prebuilt-x64/lib/portmidi.dll
Path for FREETYPE not found.
...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
Path for PNG not found.
...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
Path for JPEG not found.
...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
DLL for freetype: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/libfreetype-6.dll

---
For help with compilation see:
https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows
To contribute to pygame development see:
https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
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note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
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How to solve it?
Thank you

[Nomamesse]

I've got the same problem, this helped : https://www.reddit.com/r/pygame/comments...ame_error/

[deanhystad]

For python 3.11 on my windows 11 machine I used this command to install pygame

pip install pygame --pre

[Nomamesse]

For python 3.11 on my windows 11 machine I used this command to install pygame

pip install pygame --pre

So did I and that was the solution

[snippsat]

The bug report and as mention for now is is using --pre the soultion.