I am new to python and having trouble installing pyerclip on ubuntu. The terminal shows following error.
pip3 install pyperclip
Collecting pyperclip
Installing collected packages: pyperclip
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 342, in run
prefix=options.prefix_path,
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 784, in install
**kwargs
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 851, in install
self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
isolated=self.isolated,
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 316, in clobber
ensure_dir(destdir)
File "/home/xanthus/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
os.makedirs(path)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/os.py", line 241, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pyperclip'
You need superuser access. Do a sudo pip3 install pyperclip.