How to install python modules without root access

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I m taking some university classes and have been given an  instructional account   which is a school account I can ssh into to do work  I want to run my computationally intensive Numpy  matplotlib  scipy code on that machine  but I cannot install these modules because I am not a system administrator   How can I do the installation

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Important question  The server I use  Ubuntu 12 04  had easy install3 but not pip3  This is how I installed Pip and then other packages to my home folder   Asked admin to install Ubuntu package python3-setuptools Installed pip   Like this    easy install3 --prefix  HOME  local pip  mkdir -p  HOME  local lib python3 2 site-packages  easy install3 --prefix  HOME  local pip    Add Pip  and other Python apps to path    Like this   PATH   HOME  local bin  PATH  echo PATH   HOME  local bin  PATH   gt   HOME  profile    Install Python package   like this  pip3 install --user httpie    test httpie package http httpbin org

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Install virtualenv locally  source of instructions      Important  Insert the current release  like 16 1 0  for X X X  Check the name of the extracted file and insert it for YYYYY     curl -L -o virtualenv tar gz https   github com pypa virtualenv tarball X X X   tar xfz virtualenv tar gz   python pypa-virtualenv-YYYYY src virtualenv py env   Before you can use or install any package you need to source your virtual Python environment env     source env bin activate   To install new python packages  like numpy   use    env   pip install  lt package gt

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You can run easy install to install python packages in your home directory even without root access  There s a standard way to do this using site USER BASE which defaults to something like  HOME  local or  HOME Library Python 2 7 bin and is included by default on the PYTHONPATH  To do this  create a  pydistutils cfg in your home directory   cat  gt   HOME  pydistutils cfg  lt  lt EOF  install  user 1 EOF   Now you can run easy install without root privileges   easy install boto   Alternatively  this also lets you run pip without root access   pip install boto   This works for me   Source from Wesley Tanaka s blog   http   wtanaka com node 8095

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No permissions to access nor install easy install   Then  you can create a python virtualenv  https   pypi python org pypi virtualenv  and install the package from this virtual environment   Executing 4 commands in the shell will be enough  insert current release like 16 1 0 for X X X      curl --location --output virtualenv-X X X tar gz https   github com pypa virtualenv tarball X X X   tar xvfz virtualenv-X X X tar gz   python pypa-virtualenv-YYYYYY src virtualenv py my new env     my new env bin activate  my new env   pip install package name   Source and more info  https   virtualenv pypa io en latest installation

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I use JuJu which basically allows to have a really tiny linux distribution  containing just the package manager  inside your  HOME  juju directory   It allows to have your custom system inside the home directory accessible via proot and  therefore  you can install any packages without root privileges  It will run properly to all the major linux distributions  the only limitation is that JuJu can run on linux kernel with minimum reccomended version 2 6 32   For instance  after installed JuJu to install pip just type the following     gt juju -f  juju   gt  pacman -S python-pip  juju  gt  pip

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In most situations the best solution is to rely on the so-called  user site  location  see the PEP for details  by running   pip install --user package name   Below is a more  manual  way from my original answer  you do not need to read it if the above solution works for you     With easy install you can do   easy install --prefix  HOME local package name   which will install into    HOME local lib pythonX Y site-packages    the  local  folder is a typical name many people use  but of course you may specify any folder you have permissions to write into    You will need to manually create    HOME local lib pythonX Y site-packages   and add it to your PYTHONPATH environment variable  otherwise easy install will complain -- btw run the command above once to find the correct value for X Y    If you are not using easy install  look for a prefix option  most install scripts let you specify one   With pip you can use   pip install --install-option  --prefix  HOME local  package name

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The best and easiest way is this command    pip install --user package name   http   www lleess com 2013 05 how-to-install-python-modules-without html  WQrgubyGOnc

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If you have to use a distutils setup py script  there are some commandline options for forcing an installation destination  See http   docs python org install index html alternate-installation  If this problem repeats  you can setup a distutils configuration file  see http   docs python org install index html inst-config-files   Setting the PYTHONPATH variable is described in tihos post

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Install Python package without Admin rights import sys    sys executable  -m pip install package name  Example import sys    sys executable  -m pip install kivy  Reference  https   docs python org 3 4 library sys html sys executable

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