I don’t think there is a working version of SDL 2.0 which newer versions of pygame require. That’s why I chose the NetBSD route instead. It runs on my PowerPC Mac and had the latest pygame available in a working state.
PowerPC ports sort of has a working version for Tiger - you can check the SDL for Older Mac OS X thread on this forum. I have both SDL 2.0 and Python 3.13 on Tiger thanks to PowerPC ports and Macports on a Powerbook G4. I don't have a working version of libsdl2_mixer yet, which would stop pygame from building until that is fixed or found. Pygame might also be able to build without it - I can try some things this weekend and report back if that would be helpful.
Macports with the very helpful PowerPC ports overlay from barracuda156 would be the best way to go in my opinion. Python 3.13 has been done on Tiger with that setup, though it can be a pain. SDL2 has also been done, though it is even more difficult imo. If you are on Leopard, all of this is possible with less difficuly. If you want to use the 10.6.8, prebuilt binaries are available through PowerPC ports. I briefly experimented with Tigerbrew, and it seems more difficult to get a variety of up to date software with that then with PowerPC Ports/Macports.
I had completely missed that this package manager supported Tiger until you pointed that out, thank you. It could be a good place to get a modern curl for Macports on Tiger to link to without having to build gcc twice. The approach to providing precompiled binaries also gives this an advantage over Macports. If using them together, I imagine you would want to install Macports under a different prefix than opt/local to avoid potential conflicts. I might try this if I ever do a Tiger Server partition.
