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When I try to install BeautifulSoup, I receive

"ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'c:\program files (x86)\microsoft visual studio\shared\python37_64\Lib\site-packages\soupsieve'"

How do I resolve this?

TIA

AMC
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rcaAustin
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  • Is that all the output? Can you share some information on your environment? – AMC Mar 26 '20 at 20:58
  • https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bpip%5D+EnvironmentError+WinError+5+Access+is+denied – phd Mar 26 '20 at 23:35

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Try this fix:

pip install --user <package_name>

Example: 

pip install --user BeautifulSoup

If that still doesn't work, read up on how to upgrade pip using python.

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You should first set-up the (Env) means the Virtual Environment for run the this code, for example Ur

c:\program files (x86)\

this will be look like this (below cmd)

(Env) c:\the directory of ur project\

and just run the cmd >>

pip install BeautifulSoup

Or

pip3 install BeautifulSoup

If you don,t know to how set up virtual env in Windows please see this link https://programwithus.com/learn-to-code/Pip-and-virtualenv-on-Windows/

Hadisur Rahman
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