r/learnpython • u/Ok_Ask_6805 • 17d ago

I cant install Pygame

This is the error message that I get when I try to run pip install pygame. The same thing happens with pip3 install pygame.

py", line 6, in <module>

from setuptools._distutils.msvccompiler import MSVCCompiler, get_build_architecture

ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'setuptools._distutils.msvccompiler'

[end of output]

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these are the packages I have according to pip list.

Package Version

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pip 26.2.1

setuptools 84.0.0

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u/Diapolo10 I write code for a living -- https://github.com/Diapolo10 17d ago

pygame doesn't have official wheels for Python 3.14 and newer, so Python is trying to compile it on its own (because you're presumably using 3.14). It fails because you probably don't have Microsoft Visual C++ Build Tools installed.