Trouble starting pygame on Mac OSX

Question

I'm really beginner of computer and studying Python by myself. I installed python and pygame so that want to start this, however I got this error.

File "a.py", line 3, in <module>
    import pygame
  File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pygame/__init__.py", line 95, in <module>
    from pygame.base import *
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so, 2): Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/SDL.framework/Versions/A/SDL
  Referenced from: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so
  Reason: unsafe use of @executable_path in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so with restricted binary

How should I deal with this trouble ? Please teach me in detail. Thank you.

Answer 1

Firstly I note that you are learning Python. You might therefore not realise that there is a later version of Python - Python3. This will not in itself solve your problem but you might like to use the latest and start how you mean to go on.

There seems to be a problem with missing libraries in your case. I have not experienced this particular error but it might be worth you taking a look at this site https://pythonprogramming.net/pygame-python-3-part-1-intro/ where he talks about learning PyGame from a novice programmer's perspective. He uses python3 and tells you how to install, setup and develop with PyGame.

Answer 2

The python version picked is not the homebrew version. You can change the PATH environment variable in the shell that you are using.

In your case; just check the home brew installation and follow the suggested steps

brew doctor