when i write “import pygame” in pycharm it says: no module named pygame (mac os)

Question

At first the version of pygame i downloaded was: pygame-1.9.1release-python.org-32bit-py2.7-macosx10.3

then i got the error message when i run the program :

The function `CGSFlushWindow' is obsolete and will be removed in an upcoming update.

so i adopt the suggestion from Mac OS Pygame using a deprecated function CGSFlushWindow ,

then i downloaded the new version which is here .

but now, a new following error comes:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Users/Crayon_277/Develop/Project/Pygame/my_pygame/my_pygame.py", line 3, in     <module>
    import pygame
ImportError: No module named pygame

i notice that the pygame package is in this directory (A) : /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages not this (B) : /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages

so i try to copy it from A to B, but it doesn't work.

someone reminds me that i should see if sys.path contains pygame. and the answer is YES when i check it out.

so what i should do now? Can someone help me out?

Answer 1

Your problem is that your python interpreter can't find the pygame package. This is because you don't have the pygame package in the site-packages of the interpreter you are using.

You can probably fix that with an egg-link file in the site-packages of the python interpreter you are actually using. An egg-link file is a plain text file with a path inside, pointing to the place the real egg should be.

It could be something like this:

/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pygame

And just store it as pygame.egg-link , within your interpreter site-packages, ie: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages

You can also do this with a .pth file. A .pth file is "kind of" the same, with directory paths that should be searched for packages as well. Create one, (give it a descriptive name), store it in the site-packages and you are good to go.

STEP BY STEP

• Create a plain text file
• Write the following line inside /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/XXXX being XXXX the folder where the pygame package is.
• Save the .pth it in your python interpreter site-packages with the name externals for instance. This means the full path must be: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/externals.pth
• Run your python interpreter and import pygame