Same problem with the more specific issue.
Collecting pygame==2.1.0
Using cached pygame-2.1.0.tar.gz (5.8 MB)
Preparing metadata (setup.py) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× python setup.py egg_info did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [77 lines of output]
WARNING, No "Setup" File Exists, Running "buildconfig/config.py"
Using WINDOWS configuration...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<string>", line 2, in <module>
File "<pip-setuptools-caller>", line 34, in <module>
File "C:\Users\<MY\_NAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-q5z0h8pl\pygame_7fcc6d3a720c4f8f8cdd3680dab4236e\setup.py", line 388, in <module>
buildconfig.config.main(AUTO_CONFIG)
File "C:\Users\<MY\_NAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-q5z0h8pl\pygame_7fcc6d3a720c4f8f8cdd3680dab4236e\buildconfig\config.py", line 234, in main
deps = CFG.main(**kwds)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\<MY\_NAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-q5z0h8pl\pygame_7fcc6d3a720c4f8f8cdd3680dab4236e\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 511, in main
return setup_prebuilt_sdl2(prebuilt_dir)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "C:\Users\<MY\_NAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-q5z0h8pl\pygame_7fcc6d3a720c4f8f8cdd3680dab4236e\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 471, in setup_prebuilt_sdl2
DEPS.configure()
File "C:\Users\<MY\_NAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-q5z0h8pl\pygame_7fcc6d3a720c4f8f8cdd3680dab4236e\buildconfig\config_win.py", line 336, in configure
from . import vstools
File "C:\Users\<MY\_NAME>\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-q5z0h8pl\pygame_7fcc6d3a720c4f8f8cdd3680dab4236e\buildconfig\vstools.py", line 11, in <module>
compiler.initialize()
File "c:\users\<MY\_NAME>\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 403, in initialize
vc_env = query_vcvarsall(VERSION, plat_spec)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "c:\users\<MY\_NAME>\appdata\local\programs\python\python311\Lib\site-packages\setuptools\_distutils\msvc9compiler.py", line 281, in query_vcvarsall
raise DistutilsPlatformError("Unable to find vcvarsall.bat")
distutils.errors.DistutilsPlatformError: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
Making dir :prebuilt_downloads:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/release/SDL2-devel-2.0.16-VC.zip 13d952c333f3c2ebe9b7bc0075b4ad2f784e7584
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2-devel-2.0.16-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL\_image/release/SDL2\_image-devel-2.0.5-VC.zip 137f86474691f4e12e76e07d58d5920c8d844d5b
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_image-devel-2.0.5-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL\_ttf/release/SDL2\_ttf-devel-2.0.15-VC.zip 1436df41ebc47ac36e02ec9bda5699e80ff9bd27
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_ttf-devel-2.0.15-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL\_mixer/release/SDL2\_mixer-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip 9097148f4529cf19f805ccd007618dec280f0ecc
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\SDL2_mixer-devel-2.0.4-VC.zip:
Downloading... https://www.pygame.org/ftp/jpegsr9d.zip ed10aa2b5a0fcfe74f8a6f7611aeb346b06a1f99
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\jpegsr9d.zip:
Downloading... https://pygame.org/ftp/prebuilt-x64-pygame-1.9.2-20150922.zip 3a5af3427b3aa13a0aaf5c4cb08daaed341613ed
Unzipping :prebuilt_downloads\prebuilt-x64-pygame-1.9.2-20150922.zip:
copying into .\prebuilt-x64
Path for SDL: prebuilt-x64\SDL2-2.0.16
...Library directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.16/lib/x64
...Include directory for SDL: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.16/include
Path for FONT: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_ttf-2.0.15
...Library directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64
...Include directory for FONT: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/include
Path for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_image-2.0.5
...Library directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64
...Include directory for IMAGE: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/include
Path for MIXER: prebuilt-x64\SDL2_mixer-2.0.4
...Library directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64
...Include directory for MIXER: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/include
Path for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64
...Library directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/lib
...Include directory for PORTMIDI: prebuilt-x64/include
DLL for SDL2: prebuilt-x64/SDL2-2.0.16/lib/x64/SDL2.dll
DLL for SDL2_ttf: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/SDL2_ttf.dll
DLL for SDL2_image: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_image-2.0.5/lib/x64/SDL2_image.dll
DLL for SDL2_mixer: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_mixer-2.0.4/lib/x64/SDL2_mixer.dll
DLL for portmidi: prebuilt-x64/lib/portmidi.dll
Path for FREETYPE not found.
...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
Path for PNG not found.
...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
Path for JPEG not found.
...Found include dir but no library dir in prebuilt-x64.
DLL for freetype: prebuilt-x64/SDL2_ttf-2.0.15/lib/x64/libfreetype-6.dll
---
For help with compilation see:
https://www.pygame.org/wiki/CompileWindows
To contribute to pygame development see:
https://www.pygame.org/contribute.html
---
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed
× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.