Unable to use easy_install to install Python modules

Question

I am trying to use easy_install to install a module called requests by doing

easy_install requests

This work

Answer 1

Did you try using sudo like this?

sudo easy_install requests

Or specify the install directory to a directory that you have write privileges.

easy_install --install-dir=/home/foo/bar

But you should really use PIP instead of easy_install. It is much better and has a lot more features.

Answer 2

You should use virtualenv on package-based Linux distributions so Python scripts don't interfere with other packages or conflict with the OS's package-manager.

http://workaround.org/easy-install-debian

Answer 3

The following worked for me with Ubuntu 12.10 installing easy_install then pip:

sudo apt-get install python-virtualenv
curl -O https://raw.github.com/pypa/pip/master/contrib/get-pip.py
sudo python get-pip.py

Answer 4

Using Sudo before easy_install may solve your problem

Sudo easy_install requests

thanks

Answer 5

It might be a simple case of you missing "sudo" in the front. Can you try it with sudo easy-install requests

putting the "sudo" will add the required permissions.

Answer 6

Have you tried adding your new python.framework to path? On mountain lion I added /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.3/bin/ to /etc/paths and then I was able to use easy_install-3.3 and pip-3.3