1. Install Homebrew if you don't already have it:

   /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
   

2. Install the pygame-ce dependencies with Homebrew:

   brew install sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_mixer sdl2_ttf pkg-config portmidi
   

3. Clone/Checkout the repository from github (if you have git you may use the following command)

   git clone https://github.com/pygame-community/pygame-ce
   

4. Clone and install pygame-ce from source:

   python3 -m pip install .
   

5. That's it! You may also check out the Advanced compilation guide (for developers) if you are getting into development or are running into issues.

If compiling gives you an error that says something like invalid conversion between vector type '__m64'... while you're on an Intel-based Mac, then try compiling after setting this environment variable

export ARCHFLAGS="-arch x86_64"

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