Python - import pygame fails

[Sheridan]

We've been asked to install pygame on a handful of PCs - which seems to worked ok - but the thing that fails is the 'import pygame' part

 

Running as a local administrator (in cmd or IDE) we get this error:

 

ImportError: DLL load failed while importing base: Access is denied.

 

So it looks like a permission issue, even as an admin but I've got no clue as to what its trying to access - anyone know how this works?

[mavhc]

How did you install it?

[Sheridan]

I just ran the 'pip install pygame' command - that seemed to work OK

[mavhc]

If I run that as a normal user I get: Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable

 

running CMD as admin I get it installing in c:\python3xx\lib\site-packages

 

pip --debug install pygame

 

will show the path

[Sheridan]

It seems to install ok (either for user or as admin) but the import always fails:

 

File "", line 1, in File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Python\Lib\site-packages\pygame\__init__.py", line 92, in from pygame.base import * # pylint: disable=wildcard-import; lgtm[py/polluting-import] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ImportError: DLL load failed while importing base: Access is denied

 

Problem is, I can't work out where its trying to copy/edit a file, as I get that error as an admin as well

[mavhc]

Are the file permissions on that file correct? read for all users or similar?