creating stock_analysis_engine.egg-info error: could not create 'stock_analysis_engine.egg-info': Permission denied

[vmajor]

Hello,

Before I tell you about my issue, let me describe my environment:

Environment

• Operating System: (Mac OS X Version or $ uname --all) Ubuntu 18.04
• Python Version: python --version 3.6.9
• Python Bitness: python -c 'import math, sys;print(int(math.log(sys.maxsize + 1, 2) + 1))' 64
• Python runtime: which python /opt/venv/bin/python
• Python alias: alias python | grep python not found
• Python packages: pip freeze no output, no requirements.txt file generated
• How did you install Stock Analysis Engine: (pip, or other (please explain)) instructions for Ubuntu
  • Are you using a virtualenv? yes
  • Are you using a pipenv? no
  • Are you using anaconda? no
• Are you running outside docker or inside containers? did not get that far

Now that you know a little about me, let me tell you about the issue I am having:

Description of Issue

When I got to the step 'pip install -e .' I get the following error:

ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
     command: /opt/venv/bin/python3 -c 'import sys, setuptools, tokenize; sys.argv[0] = '"'"'/opt/sa/setup.py'"'"'; __file__='"'"'/opt/sa/setup.py'"'"';f=getattr(tokenize, '"'"'open'"'"', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('"'"'\r\n'"'"', '"'"'\n'"'"');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, '"'"'exec'"'"'))' egg_info
         cwd: /opt/sa/
    Complete output (3 lines):
    running egg_info
    creating stock_analysis_engine.egg-info
    error: could not create 'stock_analysis_engine.egg-info': Permission denied
    ----------------------------------------
ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1: python setup.py egg_info Check the logs for full command output.

• What did you expect to happen?

Not have an error and move to the next step

• What happened instead?

Error

Here is how you can reproduce this issue on your machine:

Reproduction Steps

1. Follow Ubuntu installation steps
2. execute 'pip install -e .'

What steps have you taken to resolve this already?

Google. ...

Anything else?

No.

...

Sincerely, $ whoami

[vmajor]

SOLVED:

use

sudo pip3 install -e .