Search code examples
pythondjangocurlsetuptoolsaskbot

how to use sudo with curl command for setuptools install

I am trying to install python package, but when I try it tells me I need a new version of setup tools. I try to install setup tools following the python software instructions which say to use the curl command. When I do this it gives the error that I don't have permission to install in the directory. How can I use the curl command as a sudo user? I have tried several different ways. I have tried sudo easy_install and then the url, and also sudo curl url..

Solution

  • This is the right way to use curl and sudo. use sudo after the pipe

    curl | sudo

    e.g 

    curl https://www.opscode.com/chef/install.sh | sudo bash

    this might help 

    curl https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/raw/bootstrap/ez_setup.py | sudo python