Installing python module on remote server

Question

I was wondering if there was a way to install and use BeautifulSoup (or any python module for that matter), which is not provided by my hosting service, without root privileges?

Use [virtual environments](http://www.virtualenv.org/en/latest/) — David Robinson, Oct 06 '13 at 01:11

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '13 at 01:20

you can install package without root privilege.

use pip with '--user' option. Then pip install package in your '~/.local/' folder.

pip install --user some_package

if you use setup.py or easy_install, they also provide similar feature. (installation on user folder or changing installation root folder)

Installing python module on remote server

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