Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/beautifulsoup4-4.6.0.dist-info'Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
The error above is the one I get when I try to use the pip command. All I need to do is pip install the requirements.txt to get my program to work. I have python 2.7.1 installed and placed my code where I am able to use python commands. I tried to change permissions by using this command:
chmod -R 777
but it did not work. I have homebrew installed on my computer. I also tried to use a virtual environment using this link:
http://sourabhbajaj.com/mac-setup/Python/virtualenv.html but it gave me permission issues as well. Is there any suggestions to get rid of this permissions issue and run pip successfully? The sudo command below also doesn't work.
sudo pip install -r requirements.txt
This is a permissions issue.
Consider using pip install "packagename" --user as mentioned in the error.
This is covered HERE
try using sudo pip install djangorestframework for Mac. Worked for me.
It is likely that the directory where the package's entry point was installed is not in your PATH. For example, if it was installed /Users/username/Library/Python/3.7/bin/script, add PATH=$PATH:/Users/username/Library/Python/3.7/bin/ to your shell rc (.bashrc, .bash_profile, etc), and you should be good (and that will solve issues with other scripts installed to that /bin folder.
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On Windows, if you try to use pip to upgrade itself, inside a virtualenv, you may get a mysterious "access is denied" error. For instance:
D:\scratch\> C:\Program Files\Python\3.7.4\x64\python.exe -m venv D:\scratch\my-venv
D:\scratch\> D:\scratch\my-venv\Scripts\activate
(my-venv) D:\scratch\> pip install --upgrade pip
Collecting pip
Downloading pip-19.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.4MB)
Installing collected packages: pip
Found existing installation: pip 19.0.3
Uninstalling pip-19.0.3:
Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError:
[WinError 5] Access is denied: 'd:\\scratch\\my-venv\\scripts\\pip.exe'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
This happens whether or not the command prompt has administrative privileges.
We know we have write access to everything inside d:\scratch\my-venv, because we just created it with the initial python -m venv command. The advice to use the --user option is unhelpful, since we want to upgrade the version of pip inside the virtualenv, which --user will not do.
What could be wrong, and what is the correct way to upgrade pip inside a virtualenv on Windows?
I don't know if this is the only reason this can happen, but notice that the "Access is denied" error points at d:\scratch\my-venv\scripts\pip.exe. pip is trying to replace itself, and Windows doesn't allow you to modify a running EXE file in any way.
A workaround for this specific problem is to use python -m pip install --upgrade pip instead. This way, pip.exe is not running, so Windows will allow it to be replaced. This action doesn't try to overwrite d:\scratch\my-venv\scripts\python.exe, and Windows doesn't care what pip does to all the other files belonging to the pip package.
See https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/188 and https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/1299 for further information.
You must have the same version of pip installed in windows as in the virtual env. I think that is the reason for the error Access Denied in Virtual Env.
in promt,
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
located in the Scripts folder of the virtual env, execute the update command upgrade pip in venv
I would have put this in a comment to zwol's answer, but I don't have enough reputation yet.
I just wanted to add to anyone else potentially coming across this from google like I did, that python -m pip install --upgrade pip did fix this issue for me. However if you try pip install --upgrade pip before doing that, something happens in the process before you hit the access denied error that messes up pip. I personally was getting ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip' after trying to upgrade the normal way.
Once I deleted and restarted my virtualenv and had the first command be python -m pip install --upgrade pip It worked just fine.
I hope that helps other newbies out there struggling like me! :)
Same error for me, but in both conditions: my system pip and virtualenv pip. So, when I tried to upgrade my system pip, hopefully it wasn't like totally deleted, I could still use the "pip" command. However I know the upgrade system pip failed. When I tried the command again, it said pip was on the latest version. Maybe this is just a glitch. I believe it is the same for virtual environments(virtualenv, venv). When I upgrade the system pip I get this error:
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\heewo\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-uninstall-8ob_krif\\pip.exe'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
I know this is not normal. But still, different than the virtualenv, "pip" is still installed. I believe this is still ignorable as this is just a known issue and most people here know about this topic. For me, python -m pip install --upgrade pip did not work in this state.
I tried this method, and this did work for me.
virtualenv --pip [VERSION]
and replace VERSION with the latest version available on pip. This prints out that what version you are attempting to upgrade to, when you get the error.
And that should do the trick.
Trying to install python-decouple inside a pipenv shell:
(projectname) username#host: pipenv install python-decouple
But I'm getting this following error:
Installing python-decouple…
Error: An error occurred while installing python-decouple!
Error text: Processing /home/username/.cache/pipenv/wheels/6d/5a/2d/acfg...422fd/python_decouple-3.3-py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: python-decouple
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/home/username/.local/share/virtualenvs/projectname-J2Y6DseW/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__/decouple.cpython-36.pyc'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
I realize that I can install this package from outside the pipenv shell using:
python3 -m pip install --user python-decouple
But this would mean that this dependency wouldn't be managed by Pipenv when someone tries to replicate my project environment using Pipenv...
How can I get around this issue and what is the reason for it, what kind of permissions could I set on the file to overcome it?
Use it at your own risk:
The following solution works:
Run:
sudo chmod 777 /home/username/.local/share/virtualenvs/projectname-J2Y6DseW/lib/python3.6/site-packages/__pycache__
After this, try installing with pipenv again from within the pipenv shell.
I don't know whether this is a good solution or not, so please correct me if you have a better solution.
Just my two cents here:
I would modify the requirements.txt (every virtual environment should have one, or at least setup one for maintaining dependencies), by adding package for python-decouple. The current version is 3.3, so add this somewhere in the file: python-decouple==3.3 and re-run the virtual environment or install requirements.txt again.
See this link for more information on this package.
On Windows, if you try to use pip to upgrade itself, inside a virtualenv, you may get a mysterious "access is denied" error. For instance:
D:\scratch\> C:\Program Files\Python\3.7.4\x64\python.exe -m venv D:\scratch\my-venv
D:\scratch\> D:\scratch\my-venv\Scripts\activate
(my-venv) D:\scratch\> pip install --upgrade pip
Collecting pip
Downloading pip-19.3.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.4MB)
Installing collected packages: pip
Found existing installation: pip 19.0.3
Uninstalling pip-19.0.3:
Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError:
[WinError 5] Access is denied: 'd:\\scratch\\my-venv\\scripts\\pip.exe'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
This happens whether or not the command prompt has administrative privileges.
We know we have write access to everything inside d:\scratch\my-venv, because we just created it with the initial python -m venv command. The advice to use the --user option is unhelpful, since we want to upgrade the version of pip inside the virtualenv, which --user will not do.
What could be wrong, and what is the correct way to upgrade pip inside a virtualenv on Windows?
I don't know if this is the only reason this can happen, but notice that the "Access is denied" error points at d:\scratch\my-venv\scripts\pip.exe. pip is trying to replace itself, and Windows doesn't allow you to modify a running EXE file in any way.
A workaround for this specific problem is to use python -m pip install --upgrade pip instead. This way, pip.exe is not running, so Windows will allow it to be replaced. This action doesn't try to overwrite d:\scratch\my-venv\scripts\python.exe, and Windows doesn't care what pip does to all the other files belonging to the pip package.
See https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/188 and https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/1299 for further information.
You must have the same version of pip installed in windows as in the virtual env. I think that is the reason for the error Access Denied in Virtual Env.
in promt,
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
located in the Scripts folder of the virtual env, execute the update command upgrade pip in venv
I would have put this in a comment to zwol's answer, but I don't have enough reputation yet.
I just wanted to add to anyone else potentially coming across this from google like I did, that python -m pip install --upgrade pip did fix this issue for me. However if you try pip install --upgrade pip before doing that, something happens in the process before you hit the access denied error that messes up pip. I personally was getting ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pip' after trying to upgrade the normal way.
Once I deleted and restarted my virtualenv and had the first command be python -m pip install --upgrade pip It worked just fine.
I hope that helps other newbies out there struggling like me! :)
Same error for me, but in both conditions: my system pip and virtualenv pip. So, when I tried to upgrade my system pip, hopefully it wasn't like totally deleted, I could still use the "pip" command. However I know the upgrade system pip failed. When I tried the command again, it said pip was on the latest version. Maybe this is just a glitch. I believe it is the same for virtual environments(virtualenv, venv). When I upgrade the system pip I get this error:
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\\Users\\heewo\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-uninstall-8ob_krif\\pip.exe'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
I know this is not normal. But still, different than the virtualenv, "pip" is still installed. I believe this is still ignorable as this is just a known issue and most people here know about this topic. For me, python -m pip install --upgrade pip did not work in this state.
I tried this method, and this did work for me.
virtualenv --pip [VERSION]
and replace VERSION with the latest version available on pip. This prints out that what version you are attempting to upgrade to, when you get the error.
And that should do the trick.
How to set path for python 3.7.0?
I tried the every possible way but it still shows the error!
Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [WinError 5]
Access is denied: 'c:\program files (x86)\python37-32\lib\site-packages\pip-10.0.1.dist-info\entry_points.txt'
Consider using the --user option or check the permissions
Add --user to the command.
eg:
pip install -r requirements.txt --user
Append the --user modifier to your command as suggested in the error.
--user makes pip install packages in your home directory instead, which doesn't require any special privileges.
More: What is the purpose "pip install --user ..."?
Run your command Prompt on Admin-Mode in Windows,it will stop throwing errors for user-rights.
Steps:
On Windows, type "Cmd" on searchbox to search for command prompt.
When "Command Prompt" search result appears,right-click>Run as Administrator.
You can add --user in the end of your command. This works well in my case!
--user
My example:
python -m pip install --upgrade pip --user
Just try on Administrator cmd
pip install --user numpy
Run your command prompt on admin mode.
type :
cd\
then type:
cd [Your python location path]
on mycomputer it's:
cd C:\Users\hp\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python37-32
then type:
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
You can follow this guide~
https://datatofish.com/upgrade-pip/
I had the same problem.
After installing Python for all the users, wanted to install Django.
For that I've gone to the Command Prompt (without using Admin mode) and
pip.exe install django==2.2
This prompted the following message
Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [WinError 5]
Access is denied: 'c:\program
files\python37\lib\site-packages\pip-19.0.3.dist-info\entry_points.txt'
Consider using the --user option or check the permissions.
The way I've used to solve it was to add --user in the end of the command, just like the prompt message suggests («Consider using the --user»).
pip.exe install django==2.2 --user
Then everything worked fine.
The question was for windows but if any linux users that stumbled here (like me) : Permission Error Persists by adding --user in my virtualenv on Ubuntu 19 when I want to generate requirements.txt. Also, I can't pip install --user as well since I'm in an virtualenv. My solution was just using sudo pip3 install pipreqs to install another pipreqs for super user.
I wanted to throw an answer out here because I've been against a rock wall since upgrading to python 3.18. Pip install stopped working with a module error which was rectified with py -m pip install --user. but I would still get this permissions error. I uninstalled, reinstalled, and downgraded Python and Pip. I ran command prompt as administrator. None of it worked.
The only thing that worked was to pip download and then pip install the package from my c:/ drive. Totally BS workaround, but if you'r as stuck as I was it works.
I'm tring to install Hookbox but without success, when I call easy_install or
python setup.py install
it gives me [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/test-easy-install-68779.write-test'
When I try to grant write permissions to this derectory it gives
chmod: /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/: Operation not permitted
is there any way to solve this prob or install hookbox without easy_install?
You should have used appropriate privilege to install
sudo python setup.py install
Another option is to use virtualenv to create a isolated environment where you could install
http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv
Another way is too install some where, where you have permission.
python setup.py install --home=<dir>
see also the alternate unix installation with option prefix
python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
See the details of these options in the docs: http://docs.python.org/install/
If you ask my preference it would be virtualenv, virtualenvwrapper, pip and yolk to manage external modules. google for them