2007/8/21, Vivian Tini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> Dear All,
>
> I am trying to install the package NumPy-1.0.3 on Linux x86_64 with Python
> version 2.4.2 and after using the standard installation command :
>
> python setup.py install
>
> I received the following error message:
> error: could not create '/usr/local/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/numpy':
> Permission denied
>
> What is the cause of this problem? What kind of permission do I need?


Root permission. If you want to install it in a local folder, try
--prefix=/home/something/local and set PYTHONPATH to
/home/something/local/lib/python2.4/site-packages

Matthieu
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