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Cannot install PyMySQL because of a [Errno 13] permission denied error

I am trying to connect and download pymysql to create databases through python but when I do

pip install pymysql

into the terminal I get the following error message 

 ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pymysql'
Consider using the `--user` option or check the permissions.

I am very new to python so any help would be appreciated, thanks in advance

Solution

  • Try:

    sudo pip install pymysql      # Installs for all the users.

    Or:

    pip install pymysql --user    # Installs the package for the current user only.