In a docutils svn checkout. [docutils/trunk/docutils]$ python setup.py install --root /tmp OK
[docutils/trunk/docutils]$ python setup.py install_data --root /tmp distutils.errors.DistutilsFileError: could not delete '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/docutils/parsers/rst/include/README.txt': Permission denied Am I missing something? If it works for you, I suppose it's somewhere in my versioning. I have bull in a china shop tendencies when it comes to installing stuff. Thanks, Kent -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list