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user2921348
user2921348

Reputation: 1

Scapy on mac os 10.7.5

How to install scapy on my mac os lion 10.7.5 running python 2.7? How to install using easy_install in terminal? I tried using the command easy_install scapy on terminal it says the following

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: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/test-easy-install-15703.write-test'

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

/Library/Python/2.7/site-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://peak.telecommunity.com/EasyInstall.html

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

Upvotes: 0

Views: 6500

Answers (3)

yanzi1225627
yanzi1225627

Reputation: 963

After brew install scapy,You must do as this: mkdir -p /Users/yanzi/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages echo 'import site; site.addsitedir("/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages")' >> /Users/yanzi/Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages/homebrew.pth Then restart your Python IDE. Note:replace "yanzi" by your own home folder name

Upvotes: 1

maydos
maydos

Reputation: 371

Following the steps here worked for me.

So I run these commands:

$ wget scapy.net  
$ unzip scapy-latest.zip  
$ cd scapy-2.*  
$ sudo python setup.py install

Then,

$ wget http://libdnet.googlecode.com/files/libdnet-1.12.tgz  
$ tar xfz libdnet-1.12.tgz  
$ ./configure  
$ make  
$ sudo make install  
$ cd python  
$ sudo python setup.py install

Lastly 

$ sudo easy_install pcapy

Upvotes: 0

Brian Wylie
Brian Wylie

Reputation: 2650

For your particular issue it may be as easy as putting a 'sudo' in front of the command.

sudo easy_install scapy

If that doesn't do the trick for you or you have issues with the dependencies I found Homebrew Python GitHub page https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-python which contains lots of helpful/useful brew formula including one for Scapy that worked like a charm for me. Simply clone his repo and run these commands:

brew tap Homebrew/python
brew install scapy

I also had an issue with my pcapy which was solved by another formula in the repo for pypcap, so same procedure.

brew install pypcap

Upvotes: 0

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