Its permission issue. you need to login as root and then try install again.
enjoy, Sum On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote: > On 01/08/2015 12:06 PM, nitin katyal wrote: > > As per the Django installation guide, I have installed pip using "sudo > > apt-get install python-pip". Pip got installed and upgraded successfully, > > but when I was installing Django using "pip install django==1.7", the > > following error appeared: > > > > "error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django': > > Permission denied" > > > > I am a novice, please help me install django. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > That command attempts to install Django for the systemwide python. On > ubuntu this would require sudo(root) priveleges. > > sudo pip install django > > While that will work, I suspect most people would recommend you use > python virtualenv in order to create python sandboxes. The biggest > benefit is that you can have multiple django versions, each in their own > sandbox (great for testing and upgrades). > > Here's a tutorial > > http://www.jeffknupp.com/blog/2012/02/09/starting-a-django-project-the-right-way/ > > Enjoy, > Alex > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/54AEF4F2.9090509%40wildintellect.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAPCf-y5Z95oT1BKfC%2B_z_wmQfU9GPK5BVkGk%3D%3DacE7esZrZ0eQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
