Pip3 install pygame not working - installation

Question

I have a Macbook running OS X 10.6 and I am trying to install pygame using pip3 install pygame.
Using python 3.7 and pip 18.0.
Below are the errors from the console.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
File "/private/var/folders/Z6/Z6RVS9IMHG4+tkl202dsTU+++TM/-Tmp-/pip-install-ftjsil2g/pygame/setup.py", line 609, in <module>
setup(**PACKAGEDATA)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/__init__.py", line 129, in setup
return distutils.core.setup(**attrs)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/core.py", line 148, in setup
dist.run_commands()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/dist.py", line 966, in run_commands
self.run_command(cmd)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/install.py", line 61, in run
return orig.install.run(self)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/command/install.py", line 545, in run
self.run_command('build')
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/command/build.py", line 135, in run
self.run_command(cmd_name)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/cmd.py", line 313, in run_command
self.distribution.run_command(command)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/dist.py", line 985, in run_command
cmd_obj.run()
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/site-packages/setuptools/command/build_ext.py", line 78, in run
_build_ext.run(self)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/command/build_ext.py", line 309, in run
customize_compiler(self.compiler)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/distutils/sysconfig.py", line 170, in customize_compiler
_osx_support.customize_compiler(_config_vars)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/_osx_support.py", line 418, in customize_compiler
_find_appropriate_compiler(_config_vars)
File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/lib/python3.7/_osx_support.py", line 191, in _find_appropriate_compiler
"Cannot locate working compiler")
SystemError: Cannot locate working compiler
Command "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/python3 -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/private/var/folders/Z6/Z6RVS9IMHG4+tkl202dsTU+++TM/-Tmp-/pip-install-ftjsil2g/pygame/setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /private/var/folders/Z6/Z6RVS9IMHG4+tkl202dsTU+++TM/-Tmp-/pip-record-vgz3goci/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile" failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/Z6/Z6RVS9IMHG4+tkl202dsTU+++TM/-Tmp-/pip-install-ftjsil2g/pygame/
Edit: Fixed formatting!

Answer 1

So I don't entirely understand what's going on with your error messages but I would recommend checking out this article as it covers setting up Pygame on Mac OSX 10.6-10.9 pretty well.
http://brysonpayne.com/2015/01/10/setting-up-pygame-on-a-mac/
If the above doesn't work, then follow the instructions bellow.
Note: I am covering every step so just skip the ones you have already done
Step 1: Install Python 3 and Pip
Download Python 3.7 here: Python 3.7.0.
Run the installer and make sure to select pip (I can't remember if this is optional or not).
Step 2: Install Pygame
Run the following command to install Pygame with pip:
python3 -m pip install -U pygame --user
Step 3: Test Pygame Installation
Run this command to test if Pygame installed correctly:
python3 -m pygame.examples.aliens

Answer 2

At the moment, 5/1/2020, you cannot install the pygame libraries in python 3.8 with pip install pygame, but you can install them with a particular version of them, still for dev.
You can install Python 3.8 in the command line using this version:
*pip install pygame==2.0.0.dev6*
Latest version:
*pip install pygame==2.0.0.dev10*
And you can check it with
Terminal:
$ python3
>>import pygame
pygame 2.0.0.dev10 (SDL 2.0.12, python 3.8.2)
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