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Reputation: 169

Installing PIP on dreamhost

I saw a similar question with the same error messages but I'm trying to upgrade Django/Python on Dreamhost and do not have sudo privileges with this account. My problem right now is with easy_install pip - it says "please make appropriate changes to your system and try again" but I have no idea what I am supposed to do here.

[tambotie]$ easy_install pip install_dir /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/ error: can't create or remove files in install directory

The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the installation directory:

[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/test-easy-install-21876.pth'

The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or the distutils default setting) was:

/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory? If the installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in as the administrator or "root" account. If you do not have administrative access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment variable.

For information on other options, you may wish to consult the documentation at:

http://packages.python.org/distribute/easy_install.html

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1061

Answers (1)

silviud
silviud

Reputation: 1025

You will need to install virtualenv. This can install packages into a location that you have permissions and will integrate the virtual environment with the python interpreter from your system. The package can be found at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv.

I suggest you follow the route install locally (of course if you can't install it global). From the docs

$ curl -O https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/v/virtualenv/virtualenv-X.X.tar.gz
$ tar xvfz virtualenv-X.X.tar.gz
$ cd virtualenv-X.X
$ python virtualenv.py myVE

Upvotes: 1

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