Re: [Gnuplot-py-users] Installing gnuplot-py-1.7 on Mac OSX

[Jeremy C. <jer...@gm...>]

On 2/13/06, Hannah Singh <han...@co...> wrote:
> OK, so I've downloaded and untar'd the gnuplot-py-1.7 file, and tried to =
install it, but I keep coming up
> against errors. I suspect this is quite possibly due to my general incomp=
etence, so some help/advice/
> pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>
> In the readme file it says: 3. Install by changing to the directory and t=
yping "python setup.py install".
>
> I assumed this meant in terminal, so I went and did that, and got this er=
ror:
>
> creating /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4/lib/python2.4/=
site-packages/Gnuplot
> error: could not create '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.=
4/lib/python2.4/site-
> packages/Gnuplot': Permission denied
>
> Am I right in thinking that this means I haven't installed Gnuplot correc=
tly? If so, what could I have done
> wrong, as I simply followed the auto-install prompt.
>
> Many thanks in advance,
> Hannah
>
>
>
Alan is right, you don't have the necessary permissions.  If you are
an administrator on the computer you can simply use the "sudo" command
immediately before the install command like

sudo python setup.py install

It will ask for your password and then install it for you.  I didn't
have any issues when I installed it on Tiger.
Jeremy