Building from source using:"pip install ." doesn't work with sudo

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I'll first mention I'm using ubuntu 16.04. I have a simple but painful problem, I cloned a repo: https://github.com/huggingface/transformers, Now I want to install it from source using:

pip install .

As mentioned in the repo. Sadly I got this error:

Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: >'/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/tokenizers-0.7.0.dist-info'
Consider using the --user option or check the permissions.

Fair enough, so I tried, as I always do when it complains about permission issues:

sudo pip install .

This gave this error:

Invalid requirement: '.'

So apparently he didn't like my sudo, no hard feeling, the last thing I tried was to do:

sudo -s

and then the "pip install .", but still hates me. I know that something simple and stupid, but I can't figure it out, and searching a query with '.' inside made it harder.

Thanks, I'll be happy for your help.

https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%5Bpip%5D+Errno+13+Permission+denied — phd, May 07 '20 at 11:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 07 '20 at 11:21

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You can install the package into the user directory with pip install . --user

answered May 07 '20 at 11:21

epistemophiliac

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I knew it was simple.. If I could give you vote up , I would. Thanks a lot! – AlbertBo May 07 '20 at 11:27
No worries, just mark the answer as a solution if it helped you solve your problem – epistemophiliac May 07 '20 at 11:29

Building from source using:"pip install ." doesn't work with sudo

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