pip install virtualenwrapper permission denied error on mac OSX Lion

Question

I'm new to programming--loving it. On mac OSX Lion I've installed virtualenv with pip and it works. But pip install virtualenvwrapper shows warnings and then error: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenvwrapper: Permission denied

$ pip install virtualenvwrapper Downloading/unpacking virtualenvwrapper Downloading virtualenvwrapper-4.1.1.tar.gz (81kB): 81kB downloaded Running setup.py egg_info for package virtualenvwrapper

Installed /private/var/folders/6v/3cyz6tp514b2mqt02wc8x9k40000gn/T/pip_build_lynnrasmussen/virtualenvwrapper/pbr-0.5.23-py2.7.egg
[pbr] Processing SOURCES.txt
warning: LocalManifestMaker: standard file '-c' not found

warning: no files found matching 'AUTHORS'
warning: no files found matching 'ChangeLog'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitignore'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitreview'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no files found matching '*.html' under directory 'docs'
warning: no files found matching '*.css' under directory 'docs'
warning: no files found matching '*.js' under directory 'docs'
warning: no files found matching '*.png' under directory 'docs' Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): virtualenv

in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages (from virtualenvwrapper) Downloading/unpacking virtualenv-clone (from virtualenvwrapper)
Downloading virtualenv-clone-0.2.4.tar.gz Running setup.py egg_info for package virtualenv-clone Downloading/unpacking stevedore (from virtualenvwrapper) Downloading stevedore-0.13.tar.gz (760kB): 760kB downloaded Running setup.py egg_info for package stevedore

Installed /private/var/folders/6v/3cyz6tp514b2mqt02wc8x9k40000gn/T/pip_build_lynnrasmussen/stevedore/pbr-0.5.23-py2.7.egg
[pbr] Processing SOURCES.txt
warning: LocalManifestMaker: standard file '-c' not found

warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitignore'
warning: no previously-included files found matching '.gitreview'
warning: no previously-included files matching '*.pyc' found anywhere in distribution
warning: no files found matching '*.py' under directory 'tests' Installing collected packages: virtualenvwrapper, virtualenv-clone,

stevedore Running setup.py install for virtualenvwrapper [pbr] Reusing existing SOURCES.txt changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/virtualenvwrapper.sh from 644 to 755 changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh from 644 to 755 Skipping installation of /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenvwrapper/init.py (namespace package) error: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenvwrapper: Permission denied Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools;file='/private/var/folders/6v/3cyz6tp514b2mqt02wc8x9k40000gn/T/pip_build_lynnrasmussen/virtualenvwrapper/setup.py';exec(compile(open(file).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), file, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/6v/3cyz6tp514b2mqt02wc8x9k40000gn/T/pip-EJKEQQ-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed: running install

running build

running build_py

creating build

creating build/lib

creating build/lib/virtualenvwrapper

copying virtualenvwrapper/init.py -> build/lib/virtualenvwrapper

copying virtualenvwrapper/hook_loader.py -> build/lib/virtualenvwrapper

copying virtualenvwrapper/project.py -> build/lib/virtualenvwrapper

copying virtualenvwrapper/user_scripts.py -> build/lib/virtualenvwrapper

running egg_info

writing requirements to virtualenvwrapper.egg-info/requires.txt

writing virtualenvwrapper.egg-info/PKG-INFO

writing namespace_packages to virtualenvwrapper.egg-info/namespace_packages.txt

writing top-level names to virtualenvwrapper.egg-info/top_level.txt

writing dependency_links to virtualenvwrapper.egg-info/dependency_links.txt

writing entry points to virtualenvwrapper.egg-info/entry_points.txt

[pbr] Reusing existing SOURCES.txt

running build_scripts

creating build/scripts-2.7

copying virtualenvwrapper.sh -> build/scripts-2.7

copying virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh -> build/scripts-2.7

changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/virtualenvwrapper.sh from 644 to 755

changing mode of build/scripts-2.7/virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh from 644 to 755

running install_lib

Skipping installation of /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenvwrapper/init.py (namespace package)

copying virtualenvwrapper/hook_loader.py -> /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenvwrapper

error: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenvwrapper: Permission denied

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Answer 1

You should install as Super User.

Try :

sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper