Installation¶
Note
These instructions apply to pyglet 2.0.
pyglet is a pure python library, so no special steps or complitation 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.
for easy installation 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 video, or a wide selection of compressed audio, pyglet can optionally use 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
python examples/hello_world.py