pip install planemo fails with error: "ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/locale'"
Question:
I am trying to install planemo like so:
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install planemo
The last command fails with this error message:
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/locale'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
WARNING: You are using pip version 21.0.1; however, version 22.2 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the '/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
How to solve this?
Answers:
DO NOT USE: this solution does install planemo, but into an incorrect location.
The error is caused by an outdated version of pip. Note that the error message is followed by a few hints, one of which solves the issue. Just upgrade pip:
/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
Now this works:
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install planemo
which planemo
# /usr/local/bin/planemo
. .venv/bin/activate
This line activates your virtual environment. "activating" in this case means setting a bunch of environment variables, including PATH.
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install planemo
And then you completely ignore PATH by calling pip3 with an absolute path. Make that
pip install planemo
and it should work.
Sometimes the problem is just that the library exists in site-packages and was likely installed using sudo (accidentally or otherwise), just cd into site-packages, check permissions ls -all and if the package is ‘root’ then remove it and reinstall it
I am trying to install planemo like so:
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install virtualenv
virtualenv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install planemo
The last command fails with this error message:
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/locale'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.
WARNING: You are using pip version 21.0.1; however, version 22.2 is available.
You should consider upgrading via the '/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip' command.
How to solve this?
DO NOT USE: this solution does install planemo, but into an incorrect location.
The error is caused by an outdated version of pip. Note that the error message is followed by a few hints, one of which solves the issue. Just upgrade pip:
/usr/local/opt/[email protected]/bin/python3.9 -m pip install --upgrade pip
Now this works:
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install planemo
which planemo
# /usr/local/bin/planemo
. .venv/bin/activate
This line activates your virtual environment. "activating" in this case means setting a bunch of environment variables, including PATH.
/usr/local/bin/pip3 install planemo
And then you completely ignore PATH by calling pip3 with an absolute path. Make that
pip install planemo
and it should work.
Sometimes the problem is just that the library exists in site-packages and was likely installed using sudo (accidentally or otherwise), just cd into site-packages, check permissions ls -all and if the package is ‘root’ then remove it and reinstall it