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I am trying to install lxml to install scrapy on my Mac  v 10 9 4    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   pip install lxml Downloading unpacking lxml   Downloading lxml-3 4 0 tar gz  3 5MB   3 5MB downloaded   Running setup py  path  private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml setup py  egg info for package lxml      System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 distutils dist py 267  UserWarning  Unknown distribution option   bugtrack url        warnings warn msg      Building lxml version 3 4 0      Building without Cython      Using build configuration of libxslt 1 1 28      warning  no previously-included files found matching    py  Installing collected packages  lxml   Running setup py install for lxml      System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 distutils dist py 267  UserWarning  Unknown distribution option   bugtrack url        warnings warn msg      Building lxml version 3 4 0      Building without Cython      Using build configuration of libxslt 1 1 28     building  lxml etree  extension     cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE DTRACE -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -pipe -I usr include libxml2 -I private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml src lxml includes -I System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 include python2 7 -c src lxml lxml etree c -o build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml etree o -w -flat namespace     cc -bundle -undefined dynamic lookup -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -Wl -F  build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml etree o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml etree so     building  lxml objectify  extension     cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE DTRACE -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -pipe -I usr include libxml2 -I private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml src lxml includes -I System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 include python2 7 -c src lxml lxml objectify c -o build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml objectify o -w -flat namespace     cc -bundle -undefined dynamic lookup -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -Wl -F  build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml objectify o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml objectify so     error  could not create   lib python2 7 site-packages lxml   Permission denied     Complete output from command  usr bin python -c  import setuptools  tokenize   file     private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml setup py  exec compile getattr tokenize   open   open    file    read   replace   r n     n      file     exec     install --record  var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip- xm20j-record install-record txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile       System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 distutils dist py 267  UserWarning  Unknown distribution option   bugtrack url     warnings warn msg   Building lxml version 3 4 0   Building without Cython   Using build configuration of libxslt 1 1 28  running install  running build  running build py  creating build  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml   init   py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml  elementpath py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml builder py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml cssselect py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml doctestcompare py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml ElementInclude py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml pyclasslookup py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml sax py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml usedoctest py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes   init   py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html   init   py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html  diffcommand py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html  html5builder py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html  setmixin py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html builder py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html clean py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html defs py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html diff py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html ElementSoup py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html formfill py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html html5parser py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html soupparser py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  copying src lxml html usedoctest py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml html  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron  copying src lxml isoschematron   init   py - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron  copying src lxml lxml etree h - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml lxml etree api h - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml  copying src lxml includes c14n pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes config pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes dtdvalid pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes etreepublic pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes htmlparser pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes relaxng pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes schematron pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes tree pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes uri pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes xinclude pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes xmlerror pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes xmlparser pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes xmlschema pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes xpath pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes xslt pxd - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes etree defs h - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  copying src lxml includes lxml-version h - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml includes  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources rng  copying src lxml isoschematron resources rng iso-schematron rng - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources rng  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl RNG2Schtrn xsl - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl XSD2Schtrn xsl - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl  creating build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1 iso abstract expand xsl - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1 iso dsdl include xsl - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1 iso schematron message xsl - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1 iso schematron skeleton for xslt1 xsl - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1 iso svrl for xslt1 xsl - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1  copying src lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1 readme txt - gt  build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml isoschematron resources xsl iso-schematron-xslt1  running build ext  building  lxml etree  extension  creating build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7  creating build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src  creating build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml  cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE DTRACE -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -pipe -I usr include libxml2 -I private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml src lxml includes -I System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 include python2 7 -c src lxml lxml etree c -o build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml etree o -w -flat namespace  cc -bundle -undefined dynamic lookup -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -Wl -F  build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml etree o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml etree so  building  lxml objectify  extension  cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE DTRACE -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -pipe -I usr include libxml2 -I private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml src lxml includes -I System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 include python2 7 -c src lxml lxml objectify c -o build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml objectify o -w -flat namespace  cc -bundle -undefined dynamic lookup -arch x86 64 -arch i386 -Wl -F  build temp macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 src lxml lxml objectify o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build lib macosx-10 9-intel-2 7 lxml objectify so  running install lib  creating  lib python2 7 site-packages lxml  error  could not create   lib python2 7 site-packages lxml   Permission denied  ---------------------------------------- Cleaning up    Command  usr bin python -c  import setuptools  tokenize   file     private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml setup py  exec compile getattr tokenize   open   open    file    read   replace   r n     n      file     exec     install --record  var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip- xm20j-record install-record txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile failed with error code 1 in  private var folders 8l t7tcq67d34v7qq 4hp3s1dm80000gn T pip build ishaantaylor lxml Storing debug log for failure in  Users ishaantaylor Library Logs pip log   If somebody could help me I would really appreciate it  I have a suspicion that the issue has to do with multiple versions of python but I m not sure how to check or fix that   Edit 1  When I try sudo pip install lxml    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   sudo pip install lxml Traceback  most recent call last     File   bin pip   line 7  in  lt module gt      from pip import main ImportError  No module named pip   Edit 2  When I try STATIC DEPS true sudo pip install lxml   -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   STATIC DEPS true sudo pip install lxml Traceback  most recent call last     File   bin pip   line 7  in  lt module gt      from pip import main ImportError  No module named pip   Also  I tried installing another package with pip and that didn t work either   see below    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local  lib python2 7 site-packages  -   pip install requests Downloading unpacking requests   Downloading requests-2 4 1-py2 py3-none-any whl  458kB   458kB downloaded Installing collected packages  requests Cleaning up    Exception  Traceback  most recent call last     File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip basecommand py   line 122  in main     status   self run options  args    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip commands install py   line 283  in run     requirement set install install options  global options  root options root path    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 1435  in install     requirement install install options  global options   args    kwargs    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 671  in install     self move wheel files self source dir  root root    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 901  in move wheel files     pycompile self pycompile    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip wheel py   line 215  in move wheel files     clobber source  lib dir  True    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip wheel py   line 205  in clobber     os makedirs destdir    File   System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 os py   line 157  in makedirs     mkdir name  mode  OSError   Errno 13  Permission denied    lib python2 7 site-packages requests  Storing debug log for failure in  Users ishaantaylor Library Logs pip log   Edit 4  Tried to download virtualenv  people recommended this as an alternative to sudo  Result is below    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   pip install virtualenv                                                               127   Downloading unpacking virtualenv   Downloading virtualenv-1 11 6-py2 py3-none-any whl  1 6MB   1 6MB downloaded Installing collected packages  virtualenv Cleaning up    Exception  Traceback  most recent call last     File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip basecommand py   line 122  in main     status   self run options  args    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip commands install py   line 283  in run     requirement set install install options  global options  root options root path    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 1435  in install     requirement install install options  global options   args    kwargs    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 671  in install     self move wheel files self source dir  root root    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 901  in move wheel files     pycompile self pycompile    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip wheel py   line 215  in move wheel files     clobber source  lib dir  True    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip wheel py   line 209  in clobber     shutil copy2 srcfile  destfile    File   System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 shutil py   line 130  in copy2     copyfile src  dst    File   System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 shutil py   line 83  in copyfile     with open dst   wb   as fdst  IOError   Errno 13  Permission denied    lib python2 7 site-packages virtualenv py   Storing debug log for failure in  Users ishaantaylor Library Logs pip log   Edit 5    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   sudo pip install virtualenv                                                            1   Password  Traceback  most recent call last     File   bin pip   line 7  in  lt module gt      from pip import main ImportError  No module named pip  -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   pip install virtualenv                                                                 1   Downloading unpacking virtualenv   Downloading virtualenv-1 11 6-py2 py3-none-any whl  1 6MB   1 6MB downloaded Installing collected packages  virtualenv Cleaning up    Exception  Traceback  most recent call last     File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip basecommand py   line 122  in main     status   self run options  args    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip commands install py   line 283  in run     requirement set install install options  global options  root options root path    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 1435  in install     requirement install install options  global options   args    kwargs    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 671  in install     self move wheel files self source dir  root root    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip req py   line 901  in move wheel files     pycompile self pycompile    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip wheel py   line 215  in move wheel files     clobber source  lib dir  True    File   usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg pip wheel py   line 209  in clobber     shutil copy2 srcfile  destfile    File   System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 shutil py   line 130  in copy2     copyfile src  dst    File   System Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 lib python2 7 shutil py   line 83  in copyfile     with open dst   wb   as fdst  IOError   Errno 13  Permission denied    lib python2 7 site-packages virtualenv py   Storing debug log for failure in  Users ishaantaylor Library Logs pip log   Edit 6  In response to hd1    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   curl -kLso  tmp get-pip py https   bootstrap pypa io get-pip py  -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   sudo python get-pip py python  can t open file  get-pip py    Errno 2  No such file or directory   Edit 7  In Response to hd1    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   curl -kLso  tmp get-pip py https   bootstrap pypa io get-pip py  -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   cd    -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   sudo python  tmp get-pip py Requirement already up-to-date  pip in  usr local lib python2 7 site-packages pip-1 5 6-py2 7 egg Cleaning up     -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   sudo pip install virtualenv Downloading unpacking virtualenv   Downloading virtualenv-1 11 6-py2 py3-none-any whl  1 6MB   1 6MB downloaded Installing collected packages  virtualenv Successfully installed virtualenv Cleaning up     -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   mkdir -p    virtualenvs  -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    -   virtualenv    virtualenvs lxmltest Traceback  most recent call last     File   bin virtualenv   line 7  in  lt module gt      from virtualenv import main ImportError  No module named virtualenv  -ishaantaylor Ishaans-MacBook-Pro local    - 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On a Mac  you need to use this command   STATIC DEPS true sudo pip install lxml

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It looks like you re having a permissions error  based on this message in your output  error  could not create   lib python2 7 site-packages lxml   Permission denied    One thing you can try is doing a user install of the package with pip install lxml --user  For more information on how that works  check out this StackOverflow answer   Thanks to Ishaan Taylor for the suggestion   You can also run pip install as a superuser with sudo pip install lxml but it is not generally a good idea because it can cause issues with your system-level packages

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Set up a virtualenv     curl -kLso  tmp get-pip py https   bootstrap pypa io get-pip py    sudo python  tmp get-pip py   These commands install pip into the global site-packages directory     sudo pip install virtualenv   and ditto for virtualenv     mkdir -p    virtualenvs   I like my virtualenvs under one tree in my home directory called  virtualenvs    virtualenv    virtualenvs lxmltest   Creates a virtualenv          virtualenvs lxmltest bin activate   Removes the need to specify the full path to pip python in this virtualenv     pip install lxml   Alternatively execute    virtualenvs lxmltest bin pip install lxml if you chose not to follow the previous step  Note  I m not sure how far along you are  so some of these steps can be safely skipped  Of course  if you mess something up  you can always rm -Rf    virtualenvs lxmltest and start again from a new virtualenv

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