Could not install packages due to a "Environment error :[error 13]: permission denied : 'usr/local/bin/f2py'"

Question

I am trying to install numpy on macOS X but after executing the command pip install numpy I am getting the error:

Environment error :[error 13]: permission denied : 'usr/local/bin/f2py

How do I fix it?

Solution 1

This worked for me.

pip3 install --user package-name  # for Python3
pip install --user package-name   # for Python2

The --user flag tells Python to install in the user home directory. By default it will go to system locations. credit

Solution 2

pip install --user package-name

Seems to work, but the package is install the the path of user. such as :

"c:\users\***\appdata\local\temp\pip-req-tracker-_akmzo\42a6c7d627641b148564ff35597ec30fd5543aa1cf6e41118b98d7a3"

I want to install the package in python folder such c:\Python27. I install the module into the expected folder by:

pip install package-name --no-cache-dir

Solution 3

I am also a Windows user. And I have installed Python 3.7 and when I try to install any package it throws the same error that you are getting.

Try this out. This worked for me.

python -m pip install numpy

And whenever you install new package just write python -m pip install <package_name>

Hope this is helpful.

Solution 4

I too had to face the same problem. This worked for me. Right click and run as admin than run usual command to install. But first run update command to update the pip

python -m pip install --upgrade pip

Solution 5

Well, in my case the problem had a different cause, the Windows path Length Check this.

I was installing a library on a virtualenv which made the path get longer. As the library was installed, it created some files under site-packages. This made the path exceed Windows limit throwing this error.

Hope it helps someone =)

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