Donald Stufft wrote: > One thing about *nix is even though you can’t write to your normal Python > install location without root, invoking pip with permissions (assuming you > have > them) is as easy as prefacing it with ``sudo`` in most cases. Does Windows > have > an equivalent or do you need to launch a whole new shell?
Unfortunately not. The "easy way" is for the executable to declare that it needs administrative privileges, and then the OS will take over and let you approve/reject/sign-in/etc. according to your settings. I don't believe this is the right solution anyway, as very many Windows users won't be able to do this (particularly in IT managed environments). Having 'pip install' do a per-user install automatically is something that will actually work, at the cost/benefit of not affecting other users. Cheers, Steve _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
