[SOLVED!!] Pygame Runs in Geany IDE But Not in IDLE 3.2

[nanometer294]

After changing the shebang line in my Python file to:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

I was able to get the graphical application I'd been working on to run, but only from within my Geany IDE, and not in IDLE, which is what I normally use to run my Python projects.

I'm just grateful the application runs in Geany, but why do I get the error shown below when I try to run it in IDLE?

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/carl/Desktop/pygame1.py", line 10, in <module>
    import pygame, sys
ImportError: No module named pygame

If it helps, I'm running:

Python 3.2.3
IDLE for Python (version 3.2) using Tkinter
Mint 13 "Maya" / MATE
Kernel: 3.2.0-36 generic (X86-64)

Acer Aspire 5742-6814
Intel Core i3-380M (@ 2.53 GHz)
4 GB RAM
120 GB SSD

Thanks in advance to everyone for their assistance and thank you as well to the Mint development team. I really enjoy using Mint!

Regards,

nanometer294

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(PROBLEM APPARENTLY) SOLVED!

For the time being, at least, I got my graphical application (that uses the Pygame module) to run in IDLE (version 3.2)!

Thanks to dj188us (Post #6) for his solution!

http://forums.oreilly.com/topic/20635-confusion-with-installing-pygame-and-python-3/