Why does pip give a permission denied error when installing scikit-learn?

Question

I am on Ubuntu 16.04 freshly installed, and I have installed pip but when I try to install scikit I get the following error message:

File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/sklearn'

Please always google the error message first: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/31512422/pip-install-r-oserror-errno-13-permission-denied — cel, Oct 01 '16 at 05:27

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 01 '16 at 06:17

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$ pip install --user sklearn.

Or use a virtualenv. Do not use sudo pip which the other question recommends.

answered Oct 01 '16 at 06:17

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The posted question is very valid. Installing sklearn with pip fails inside a virtualenv! – Christophe Oct 19 '16 at 16:01
No, same error... sklearn tries to install things under the system dir eventhough pip is running inside virtualenv... not sure who the culprit is, maybe my virtualenv install is corrupted... I managed to make it work by editing pip code and forcing platlib=purelib – Christophe Oct 19 '16 at 16:50

Why does pip give a permission denied error when installing scikit-learn?

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