Installing Pygame on mac (OS X Yosemite)

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I have been trying to get pygame working on my mac for ages. I have been using it on a windows laptop but it is far too slow. I tried taking all the files from there and putting them into the correct location on my mac because downloading the mac versions was not working. However, I had .pyd extensions so does anyone know what they should be changed to? I tried .so and now this error is coming up:

import pygame
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/site-packages/pygame/__init__.py", line 95, in <module>
    from pygame.base import *
ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/site-packages/pygame/base.so, 2): no suitable image found.  Did find:
    /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.2/lib/python3.2/site-packages/pygame/base.so: unknown file type, first eight bytes: 0x4D 0x5A 0x90 0x00 0x03 0x00 0x00 0x00

Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks :)

UPDATE: I have gone through the proper route and now this error is appearing:

Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in import pygame File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/init.py", line 95, in from pygame.base import * ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so, 2): no suitable image found. Did find: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pygame/base.so: no matching architecture in universal wrapper

I have heard that this is due to conflicting 32bit and 64bit but I am not sure how to overcome this.. Thanks again :)

Although the issue is not solved for you, this has become a completely different question after your edit. Please open a new question, where you post the error, information on your python version, which Pygame you installed, and which solutions from other stackoverflow questions you have already tried, e.g. from this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8275808/installing-pygame-for-mac-os-x-10-6-8 — w-m, Nov 16 '14 at 19:58

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '15 at 03:18

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Download 32-bit python and 32-bit pygame.

It worked for me and I am currently using pygame with (almost) no problems whatsoever.

answered Oct 18 '15 at 03:18

SirSmokes

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:27

You can not use libraries compiled for Windows (dll/pyd) on OS X. These platforms are not compatible. This can never work. You need to do a proper install of Pygame on OS X.

You can use the installer image provided on pygame.org, or install it through a package manager like MacPorts or homebrew. See for example this stackoverflow questions for a couple of ways to install Pygame on OS X.

Installing Pygame on mac (OS X Yosemite)

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