Hi All, I'm trying to find a way to install packages on ubuntu as a normal user.
Being from windows but knowing some unix maybe I don't know all the python tricks.. So I try this... http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall#creating-a-virtual-python It all runs ok and I get this.. at the bottom... You're now ready to download ez_setup.py, and run /home/dlyon/bin/python ez_setup.py So I do that... and get a whole lot of errors.... I don't want to go su... the whole point is not to... what am I doing wrong? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- dl...@ubuntu-8:~/Desktop$ python ez_setup.py Downloading http://pypi.python.org/packages/2.5/s/setuptools/setuptools-0.6c9-py2.5.egg 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/lib/python2.5/site-packages/test-easy-install-5325.write-test' The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or the distutils default setting) was: /usr/lib/python2.5/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. _______________________________________________ Distutils-SIG maillist - Distutils-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/distutils-sig
