socket.error: [Errno 48] Address already in use

Question

I\'m trying to set up a server with python from mac terminal.

I navigate to folder location an use:

python -m SimpleHTTPServer

Bu

Answer 1

Use

 sudo lsof -i:5000

This will give you a list of processes using the port if any. Once the list of processes is given, use the id on the PID column to terminate the process use

 kill 379 #use the provided PID