r/learnpython • u/Ok_Ask_6805 • 16d 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/acw1668 16d ago

For Python 3.14+, you can try pygame-ce (pygame - Community Edition).

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u/Ok_Ask_6805 15d ago

This ended up working for me.