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 --- 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 <a...@inventwithpython.com> > To: pygame-users@seul.org > 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 <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.
