The Python package for macOS that comes with Homebrew doesn’t include the Tcl/Tk dependency required by the Tkinter module. Homebrew is a free and open-source software package management system that simplifies software installation on macOS.īoth these methods will install Python for you, but the official Python foundation maintains only the official installer.

The Homebrew package manager: This method involves downloading and installing the Homebrew package manager if you don’t already have it installed and then typing a command into a terminal application to install python 3.0.

The Official Installer: This allows you to download the official installer package file from and run it on your machine.

There are two ways to install the official Python distribution on your machine:

As we can see from the above output, by default, your machine comes with Python 2.7.0 installed hence we'll work on installing Python 3.0.

If you do not see any error, it means that PyGame has been successfully installed on your Mac.

Then type import pygame as shown in the image.

To test if PyGame has been installed on your Mac, open IDLE by typing IDLE in your Spotlight search bar.

You’ll know it’s done when you see a message (as shown below) saying successfully installed pygame.

The installation will start at this point and you need to wait till the PyGame installation is done.

Now type pip3 install pygame as shown in this (below) image.

If you see a bunch of general options on the screen, it means that pip is already installed on your MacBook.

Once you have opened the Spotlight search bar, type terminal in the bar to open terminal.

You can do this by taking your cursor to the top right corner of your desktop and clicking on the magnifying glass icon.

Start by opening Spotlight search bar on your Mac.

Now that we have installed Python on the Mac, we can go on to install PyGame.

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