[Tutor] LiveWires problems

[Luis N]

On 8/15/05, ZIYAD A. M. AL-BATLY <zamb at saudi.net.sa> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-08-15 at 11:52 -0400, Michael Murphy wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I'm having problems with installing LiveWire for python for Linux
> > (Linspire 5.0 to be exact) and I'm having trouble compiling setup.py.
> > Heres the results:
> >
> > running install
> > running build
> > running build_py
> > running install_lib
> > creating /usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/livewires
> > error: could not create '/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/livewires':
> > Permission denied
> >
> > I'm new at this but I'm sure this is an easy fix but I can't figure it
> > out, any help is appreciated.

Consider typing:

python setup.py install home=$HOME 

instead of,

python setup.py install

You will then install into ~/lib/python2.3/livewires if this location
is acceptable to livewires.

Luis.