shane, Those instructions would be fine for a 32-bit machine. However, if you install the 64-bit Python 3.2 interpreter, you'll need a 64-bit pygame build. For that, go here:
http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#pygame Then, click the link with this text to download a 64-bit pygame build: pygame-1.9.2pre.win-amd64-py3.2.exe Install that after installing the 64-bit Python 3.2 interpreter. The 32-bit Python interpreter with a 32-bit pygame build works fine on a 64-bit machine too. Don't worry about NumPy yet. Start with the easy stuff. After installing Python and pygame, some tutorials will be on your PC at these locations: C:\Python32\Lib\site-packages\pygame\docs\tut\intro\intro.html C:\Python32\Lib\site-packages\pygame\docs\tut\chimp\ChimpLineByLine.html C:\Python32\Lib\site-packages\pygame\docs\tut\tom\MakeGames.html Be warned that those tutorials were written before Python 3 arrived with its minor syntax changes. Jason ________________________________ From: Al Sweigart <a...@inventwithpython.com> To: pygame-users@seul.org Sent: Wednesday, October 3, 2012 6:20 PM 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 <outrex...@gmail.com> 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 <shanevansh...@yahoo.com> 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 >> >> >> >> >>-- >>View this message in context: >>http://pygame-users.25799.n6.nabble.com/newbie-who-is-lost-asking-for-rescue-party-tp209.html >>Sent from the pygame-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >
