On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:02 PM, Shane Neeley <shane.nee...@gmail.com> wrote: > What do I need to do to successfully install a package onto python so that I > can use it as a module? > > I have tried in terminal in the correct directory "python2.7 ./setup.py > install" but it says permission denied. > > Shanes-MacBook-Pro:seisen-urllib2_file-cf4c4c8 chimpsarehungry$ python2.7.1 > ./setup.py install > -bash: python2.7.1: command not found > Shanes-MacBook-Pro:seisen-urllib2_file-cf4c4c8 chimpsarehungry$ python > ./setup.py install > running install > running build > running build_py > running install_lib > copying build/lib/urllib2_file.py -> /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages > error: /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/urllib2_file.py: Permission denied > Shanes-MacBook-Pro:seisen-urllib2_file-cf4c4c8 chimpsarehungry$
You generally shouldn't mess with Mac OS X's system copies of Python. Typically, one installs a separate copy using MacPorts, Fink, or whatever, and uses that instead. In any case, you generally need to `sudo` when installing stuff system-wide. Cheers, Chris -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
