Pip not installing packages without --user on my own laptop

Question

Recently I messed up my steady environment by installing multiple versions of python.

What I'm trying to do: install a particular package using pip

pip cannot install any package without the --user tag

Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13 Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/PIL

Here's More information:

which pip
/usr/local/bin/pip

which python
/usr/bin/python

What should I do?

Possible duplicate of [pip install -r: OSError: \[Errno 13\] Permission denied](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31512422/pip-install-r-oserror-errno-13-permission-denied) — phd, Nov 29 '18 at 01:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '18 at 23:27

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Use sudo or su to install packages system-wide.

answered Nov 28 '18 at 23:27

eri

Apparently it's not recommended: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31512422/pip-install-r-oserror-errno-13-permission-denied – iz_ Nov 28 '18 at 23:28
but needed sometimes. for example for hand-made daemons. – eri Nov 28 '18 at 23:30
But only sometimes. For the general use case, use `virtualenv` or `--user`. – iz_ Nov 28 '18 at 23:32
I using `--user`. Just another way is setting `PYTHONPATH`. – eri Nov 28 '18 at 23:40

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