I'm not able to install PIL. Terminal says access denied to directory. How to gain access to the directory

Question

I typed in this command in the terminal

easy_install PIL

The terminal said this:

    *error: can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:
    [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/test-easy-install-639.pth'
The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
    /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/
Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
variable.
For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
documentation at:
  https://pythonhosted.org/setuptools/easy_install.html
Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.*

How should I continue?

Did you even google your problem before asking? – Ubdus Samad Feb 17 '18 at 06:41 — Ubdus Samad, Feb 17 '18 at 06:41

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 17 '18 at 06:39

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Try adding sudo before easy_install

sudo easy_install Pillow

answered Feb 17 '18 at 06:39

The Dead Mayan

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 17 '18 at 08:09

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You Said, you were trying to install PIL but easy_install PI command was not going to install it, you're typed it wrong. Though in my opinion you can try this

pip install --user Pillow

[Additional

Why You Should not Use sudo while install Python Libs?

https://stackoverflow.com/a/21056000/7917825. ]

answered Feb 17 '18 at 08:09

polu_

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I did as u said. terminal says this: Ganeshs-MacBook-Air:~ vishveshbhat$ pip install --user Pillow Requirement already satisfied: Pillow in /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages But now when i type " from PIL import Image" into IDLE python shell, i get this: Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in from PIL import Image ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PIL' What should I do? – Vishvesh Feb 18 '18 at 07:09
Uninstall pillow then Install it again – polu_ Feb 18 '18 at 08:20

I'm not able to install PIL. Terminal says access denied to directory. How to gain access to the directory

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