Installing Pyramid and Distribute on a Mac

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unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ pessimisticoptimism$ curl -O http://python-distribute.org/distribute_setup.py
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unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ pessimisticoptimism$ python distribute_setup.py
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Extracting in /var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0
Now working in /var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28
Installing Distribute
Before install bootstrap.
Scanning installed packages
Setuptools installation detected at /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python
Non-egg installation
Removing elements out of the way...
Renaming /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/setuptools-0.6c12dev_r85381-py2.7.egg-info into /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/setuptools-0.6c12dev_r85381-py2.7.egg-info.OLD.1345081179.88
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "setup.py", line 131, in <module>
    _before_install()
  File "/private/var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28/distribute_setup.py", line 363, in _before_install
    _fake_setuptools()
  File "/private/var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28/distribute_setup.py", line 420, in _fake_setuptools
    res = _remove_flat_installation(setuptools_location)
  File "/private/var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28/distribute_setup.py", line 224, in __no_sandbox
    return function(*args, **kw)
  File "/private/var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28/distribute_setup.py", line 279, in _remove_flat_installation
    patched = _patch_egg_dir(pkg_info)
  File "/private/var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28/distribute_setup.py", line 224, in __no_sandbox
    return function(*args, **kw)
  File "/private/var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28/distribute_setup.py", line 347, in _patch_egg_dir
    _rename_path(path)
  File "/private/var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpqkrkH0/distribute-0.6.28/distribute_setup.py", line 259, in _rename_path
    os.rename(path, new_name)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied
Something went wrong during the installation.
See the error message above.
unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ pessimisticoptimism$ python3 distribute_setup.py
Extracting in /var/folders/nf/kkw6hklx1zd2kpcmq5xvrxqw0000gn/T/tmpdpzzpn
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Installing Distribute
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+++ build/src/tests/api_tests.txt   (refactored)
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     >>> dist.py_version == sys.version[:3]
     True

-    >>> print dist.platform
+    >>> print(dist.platform)
     None

 Including various computed attributes::
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
 You can ask a WorkingSet to ``find()`` a distribution matching a requirement::

     >>> from pkg_resources import Requirement
-    >>> print ws.find(Requirement.parse("Foo==1.0"))    # no match, return None
+    >>> print(ws.find(Requirement.parse("Foo==1.0")))    # no match, return None
     None

     >>> ws.find(Requirement.parse("Bar==0.9"))  # match, return distribution
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
     >>> try:
     ...     ws.find(Requirement.parse("Bar==1.0"))
     ... except VersionConflict:
-    ...     print 'ok'
+    ...     print('ok')
     ok

 You can subscribe a callback function to receive notifications whenever a new
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
 once for each existing distribution in the working set, and then is called
 again for new distributions added thereafter::

-    >>> def added(dist): print "Added", dist
+    >>> def added(dist): print("Added", dist)
     >>> ws.subscribe(added)
     Added Bar 0.9
     >>> foo12 = Distribution(project_name="Foo", version="1.2", location="f12") 
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unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ pessimisticoptimism$ easy_install pip
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-414.write-test'

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:

  #

Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

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unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ pessimisticoptimism$ pip install distribute
-bash: pip: command not found
unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ pessimisticoptimism$ pip -U pyramid
-bash: pip: command not found
unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ pessimisticoptimism$

The above is my attempt to install Distribute and Pyramid on Mac OS X Lion. It didn't work, so any input would be appreciated!

Answer 1

A month ago this was all a great mystery to me - I'm just going to lay it all out, forgive my verbosity:

When installing with the python setup.py (or similar), your installing to your system-wide (i.e. available to all users on your computer) installation. Similar to installing an app, it requires (administrator) permissions. pre-pending commands with sudo is how you install from the command line with administrator privileges.

That being said - as pointed out by D.Shawley (and many others), common practice now dictates using virtualenv. This allows a python installation that is separate from the system - you can install / change all sorts of things without screwing up your system.

Here is how I setup Pyramid with virtualenv on (cleanly installed) Mountain Lion.
(will first need to install XCode Command Linen Tools - Developer ID required)

george$ sudo easy_install pip
george$ sudo pip install virtualenv
george$ sudo pip install virtualenvwrapper

Use virtualenv to create a virtualenv in a directory of your choosing. Below, I create a directory called Projects, change into it, then create my virtualenv and name it pyramid.

george$ mkdir ~/Projects
george$ cd ~/Projects
george$ virtualenv myVirtualenv        -- this just creates the environment.
george$ cd myVirtualenv                -- change into the directory
george$ ls                        -- list contents of the direcotry

The output from ls after the install should show 3 folders: bin, include, and lib. virtualenv puts necessary tools inside the bin folder of this directory, including pip and python. Thus, when working inside this folder, always refer to the versions in those directories.

In-correct: pip install pyramid
Correct: bin/pip install pyramid

Running bin/pip install pyramid will install pyramid in your virtualenv. Re-run the same command, replacing pyramid with whatever else you need installed.

Answer 2

You can either run it as sudo pip install distribute or you can create a virtualenv first, activate it, and then run those commands.

Answer 3

I would recommend installing it into a virtual environment. Install virtualenv first using easy_install. This is really the only thing that you should install into the global environment. You will have to sudo to install it though.

unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ sudo easy_install virtualenv
Password:
.... lots of output here ....
Installing virtualenv script to /usr/local/bin
Installing virtualenv-2.7 script to /usr/local/bin

Using /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenv-1.7.2-py2.7.egg
Processing dependencies for virtualenv
Finished processing dependencies for virtualenv
unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ which virtualenv
/usr/local/bin/virtualenv
unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ virtualenv --no-site-packages pyramid
The --no-site-packages flag is deprecated; it is now the default behavior.
New python executable in pyramid/bin/python
Installing setuptools............done
unknown68a86d4e0c2c:~ cd pyramid
unknown68a86d4e0c2c:pyramid source bin/activate
(pyramid)unknown68a86d4e0c2c:pyramid which pip
/Users/unknown68a86d4e0c2c/pyramid/bin/pip
(pyramid)unknown68a86d4e0c2c:pyramid pip install pyramid
Downloading/unpacking pyramid
  Downloading pyramid-1.3.3.tar.gz (2.4Mb): 2.4Mb downloaded
  Running setup.py egg_info for package pyramid
.... lots of output ....
Successfully installed pyramid Chameleon Mako WebOb repoze.lru zope.interface 
zope.deprecation venusian translationstring PasteDeploy MarkupSafe
Cleaning up...
(pyramid)unknown68a86d4e0c2c:pyramid which pserve
/Users/unknown68a86d4e0c2c/pyramid/bin/pserve

Once you have gotten used to developing with virtualenv you will never quite understand what you did without it. The Pyramid tutorial was my first experience with virtualenv - the setup section of the tutorial covers it briefly.