Trouble installing pygame package #1

gaurisingh29 · 2026-03-05T19:00:33Z

gaurisingh29
Mar 5, 2026

Ok, so I forked the repo, then cloned it on my Pycharm (connected to my github account) but when i run the config.py file, it is not installing the pygame file. then i tried to troubleshoot it using gemini and i installed pygame community edition. but it is still not working. is there a simpler solution? I really want to work on the puzzle but i'm stuck at the start! This is the full error shown: (trust me, i tried gemini thrice, it gave me various lines to paste on terminal window to ignore some SSL certificate. but it's clearly not enough.)

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(.venv) PS C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon> python -m pip install pygame-ce --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org --trusted-host www.libsdl.org --trusted-host github.com --trusted-host cmake.org
Collecting pygame-ce
Using cached pygame_ce-2.5.7.tar.gz (5.9 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [136 lines of output]
Collecting meson-python<=0.18.0
Using cached meson_python-0.18.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.8 kB)
Collecting meson<=1.10.0
Using cached meson-1.10.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (1.8 kB)
Collecting ninja<=1.13.0
Using cached ninja-1.13.0.tar.gz (242 kB)
Installing build dependencies: started
Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
Getting requirements to build wheel: started
Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
Installing backend dependencies: started
Installing backend dependencies: finished with status 'error'
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

    pip subprocess to install backend dependencies did not run successfully.
    exit code: 1
  
    [107 lines of output]
    Collecting hatch-fancy-pypi-readme>=23.2
      Using cached hatch_fancy_pypi_readme-25.1.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.0 kB)
    Collecting cmake>=3.15
      Using cached cmake-4.2.3.tar.gz (36 kB)
      Installing build dependencies: started
      Installing build dependencies: finished with status 'done'
      Getting requirements to build wheel: started
      Getting requirements to build wheel: finished with status 'done'
      Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): started
      Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'done'
    Collecting setuptools-scm
      Using cached setuptools_scm-9.2.2-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (7.7 kB)
    Collecting hatchling (from hatch-fancy-pypi-readme>=23.2)
      Using cached hatchling-1.29.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.8 kB)
    Collecting packaging>=20 (from setuptools-scm)
      Using cached packaging-26.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (3.3 kB)
    Collecting setuptools (from setuptools-scm)
      Using cached setuptools-82.0.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (6.6 kB)
    Collecting pathspec>=0.10.1 (from hatchling->hatch-fancy-pypi-readme>=23.2)
      Using cached pathspec-1.0.4-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (13 kB)
    Collecting pluggy>=1.0.0 (from hatchling->hatch-fancy-pypi-readme>=23.2)
      Using cached pluggy-1.6.0-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (4.8 kB)
    Collecting trove-classifiers (from hatchling->hatch-fancy-pypi-readme>=23.2)
      Using cached trove_classifiers-2026.1.14.14-py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.4 kB)
    Using cached hatch_fancy_pypi_readme-25.1.0-py3-none-any.whl (10 kB)
    Using cached setuptools_scm-9.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (62 kB)
    Using cached packaging-26.0-py3-none-any.whl (74 kB)
    Using cached hatchling-1.29.0-py3-none-any.whl (76 kB)
    Using cached pathspec-1.0.4-py3-none-any.whl (55 kB)
    Using cached pluggy-1.6.0-py3-none-any.whl (20 kB)
    Using cached setuptools-82.0.0-py3-none-any.whl (1.0 MB)
    Using cached trove_classifiers-2026.1.14.14-py3-none-any.whl (14 kB)
    Building wheels for collected packages: cmake
      Building wheel for cmake (pyproject.toml): started
      Building wheel for cmake (pyproject.toml): finished with status 'error'
      error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
      Building wheel for cmake (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
      exit code: 1
  
      [60 lines of output]
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 1344, in do_open
          h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1338, in request
          self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1384, in _send_request
          self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1333, in endheaders
          self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1093, in _send_output
          self.send(msg)
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1037, in send
          self.connect()
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1479, in connect
          self.sock = self._context.wrap_socket(self.sock,
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\ssl.py", line 455, in wrap_socket
          return self.sslsocket_class._create(
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\ssl.py", line 1041, in _create
          self.do_handshake()
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\ssl.py", line 1319, in do_handshake
          self._sslobj.do_handshake()
      ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1010)
  
      During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
      Traceback (most recent call last):
        File "C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon\.venv\lib\python3.12\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
          main()
        File "C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon\.venv\lib\python3.12\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 373, in main
          json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
                                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon\.venv\lib\python3.12\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 280, in build_wheel
          return _build_backend().build_wheel(
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-rvdcv1u7\cmake_7d2f3113548a4e419d4dc3a9a3e02cfd\_build_backend\backend.py", line 156, in build_wheel
          cmake_path = _bootstrap_build(temp_path, config_settings)
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-rvdcv1u7\cmake_7d2f3113548a4e419d4dc3a9a3e02cfd\_build_backend\backend.py", line 103, in _bootstrap_build
          with urllib.request.urlopen(archive_url) as response:
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 215, in urlopen
          return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 515, in open
          response = self._open(req, data)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 532, in _open
          result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 492, in _call_chain
          result = func(*args)
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 1392, in https_open
          return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPSConnection, req,
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
        File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 1347, in do_open
          raise URLError(err)
      urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1010)>
      [end of output]
  
      note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
      ERROR: Failed building wheel for cmake
    Failed to build cmake
    ERROR: Failed to build installable wheels for some pyproject.toml based projects (cmake)
    [end of output]
  
    note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  error: subprocess-exited-with-error
  
  pip subprocess to install backend dependencies did not run successfully.
  exit code: 1
  
  See above for output.
  
  note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 25.1.1 -> 26.0.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× pip subprocess to install build dependencies did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
(.venv) PS C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon> python -m pip install -r requirements.txt --trusted-host pypi.org --trusted-host files.pythonhosted.org
Collecting pygame (from -r requirements.txt (line 3))
Using cached pygame-2.6.1.tar.gz (14.8 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [95 lines of output]
Skipping Cython compilation

  WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py"
  Using WINDOWS configuration...
  
  Making dir :prebuilt_downloads:
  Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.28.4-VC.zip 25ef9d201ce3fd5f976c37dddedac36bd173975c
  
  ---
  For help with compilation see:
      https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows
  To contribute to pygame development see:
      https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
  ---
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 1344, in do_open
      h.request(req.get_method(), req.selector, req.data, headers,
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1338, in request
      self._send_request(method, url, body, headers, encode_chunked)
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1384, in _send_request
      self.endheaders(body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1333, in endheaders
      self._send_output(message_body, encode_chunked=encode_chunked)
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1093, in _send_output
      self.send(msg)
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1037, in send
      self.connect()
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\http\client.py", line 1479, in connect
      self.sock = self._context.wrap_socket(self.sock,
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\ssl.py", line 455, in wrap_socket
      return self.sslsocket_class._create(
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\ssl.py", line 1041, in _create
      self.do_handshake()
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\ssl.py", line 1319, in do_handshake
      self._sslobj.do_handshake()
  ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1010)
  
  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon\.venv\lib\python3.12\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 389, in <module>
      main()
    File "C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon\.venv\lib\python3.12\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 373, in main
      json_out["return_val"] = hook(**hook_input["kwargs"])
                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\gauri\PycharmProjects\ARIITK_Hackathon\.venv\lib\python3.12\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pyproject_hooks\_in_process\_in_process.py", line 143, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
      return hook(config_settings)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9_ypbc6a\overlay\lib\python3.12\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 333, in get_requires_for_build_wheel
      return self._get_build_requires(config_settings, requirements=[])
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9_ypbc6a\overlay\lib\python3.12\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 301, in _get_build_requires
      self.run_setup()
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9_ypbc6a\overlay\lib\python3.12\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 520, in run_setup
      super().run_setup(setup_script=setup_script)
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-9_ypbc6a\overlay\lib\python3.12\site-packages\setuptools\build_meta.py", line 317, in run_setup
      exec(code, locals())
    File "<string>", line 432, in <module>
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1in4dko\pygame_427c2ff1b4114b84b5acc8b88910063d\buildconfig\config.py", line 234, in main
      deps = CFG.main(**kwds, auto_config=auto)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1in4dko\pygame_427c2ff1b4114b84b5acc8b88910063d\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 479, in main
      and download_win_prebuilt.ask(**download_kwargs):
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1in4dko\pygame_427c2ff1b4114b84b5acc8b88910063d\buildconfig\download_win_prebuilt.py", line 265, in ask
      update(x86=x86, x64=x64)
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1in4dko\pygame_427c2ff1b4114b84b5acc8b88910063d\buildconfig\download_win_prebuilt.py", line 248, in update
      download_prebuilts(download_dir, x86=x86, x64=x64)
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1in4dko\pygame_427c2ff1b4114b84b5acc8b88910063d\buildconfig\download_win_prebuilt.py", line 116, in download_prebuilts
      download_sha1_unzip(url, checksum, temp_dir, 1)
    File "C:\Users\gauri\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-d1in4dko\pygame_427c2ff1b4114b84b5acc8b88910063d\buildconfig\download_win_prebuilt.py", line 51, in download_sha1_unzip
      response = urllib.urlopen(request).read()
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 215, in urlopen
      return opener.open(url, data, timeout)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 515, in open
      response = self._open(req, data)
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 532, in _open
      result = self._call_chain(self.handle_open, protocol, protocol +
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 492, in _call_chain
      result = func(*args)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 1392, in https_open
      return self.do_open(http.client.HTTPSConnection, req,
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    File "C:\msys64\ucrt64\lib\python3.12\urllib\request.py", line 1347, in do_open
      raise URLError(err)
  urllib.error.URLError: <urlopen error [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: unable to get local issuer certificate (_ssl.c:1010)>
  [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

[notice] A new release of pip is available: 25.1.1 -> 26.0.1
[notice] To update, run: python.exe -m pip install --upgrade pip
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Getting requirements to build wheel did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> See above for output.

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.

Answered by Soumya-prog-tech

Mar 6, 2026

Try this, you don't need to run config.py

You just need to run pip install pygame==2.6.1 to install the pygame

To run the simulator, you need to run python3 skye_controller.py

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Soumya-prog-tech · 2026-03-06T10:15:29Z

Soumya-prog-tech
Mar 6, 2026

Try this, you don't need to run config.py

You just need to run pip install pygame==2.6.1 to install the pygame

To run the simulator, you need to run python3 skye_controller.py

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gaurisingh29 Mar 7, 2026
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Thankyou! Apparently there is some issue with Pycharm itself so I shifted to VSCode and this line works there :)

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