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I'm trying to install pip using this command:

python get-pip.py

The error it's spitting out is this - can you help? (I'm running macOS 10.12.1)

Collecting pip Using cached pip-8.1.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl Collecting wheel Using cached wheel-0.29.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl Installing collected packages: pip, wheel Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/commands/install.py", line 317, in run prefix=options.prefix_path, File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/req/req_set.py", line 742, in install **kwargs File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/req/req_install.py", line 831, in install self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix) File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1032, in move_wheel_files isolated=self.isolated, File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/wheel.py", line 346, in move_wheel_files clobber(source, lib_dir, True) File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/wheel.py", line 317, in clobber ensure_dir(destdir) File "/var/folders/by/db2rdr7n1753qbfz0rlgk7hw0000gn/T/tmptA1AVr/pip.zip/pip/utils/init.py", line 83, in ensure_dir os.makedirs(path) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs mkdir(name, mode) OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip'

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2 Answers

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To install pip you on Mac OSX you can try :

sudo easy_install pip

The "sudo" keyword is what will grant you root privileges.

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You need root access. Activate your root account and try from there.