I'm trying to install easy_install on Windows. I don't have access to the write directories where Python is installed, but I have set my PYTHONPATH to be a writeable location. But when I try the command python setup.py I receive the error:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Python266\\Lib\\sitepackages\\test-easy-install-3464.write-test'
How can I set the location where easy_install is installed?
There are a couple solutions to this. The best in my opinion is to use virtualenv. It lets you create python environments that are separate from your system python. You can install and change packages within those environments freely, and you can have as many environments as you want. You'll use pip instead of easy_install, which I think is recommended anyway.
You can install virtualenv into your system python on Windows from the following site: http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#virtualenv
