Installation¶
Note
These instructions apply to pyglet 1.5.
pyglet is a pure python library, so no special steps are required for
installation. You can install it in a variety of ways, or simply copy the
pyglet folder directly into your project. If you’re unsure what to do,
the recommended method is to install it into your local site-packages
directory. pyglet is available on PyPI.
and can be installed like any other Python library via pip:
pip install pyglet --user
You can also clone the repository using git and install from source:
git clone https://github.com/pyglet/pyglet.git
cd pyglet
git checkout pyglet-1.5-maintenance
python setup.py install --user
To play compressed audio and video files (anything except for WAV), you will need FFmpeg.
Running the examples¶
The source code archives include examples. Archives are available on Github:
unzip pyglet-x.x.x.zip
cd pyglet-x.x.x
python examples/hello_world.py
As mentioned above, you can also clone the repository using Git:
git clone https://github.com/pyglet/pyglet.git
cd pyglet
git checkout pyglet-1.5-maintenance
python examples/hello_world.py