pip install writes to system path with `-e`

forrestbao commented 2 years ago

It is really weird that pip detects to switch to user installation (first line printed out below) because I did not sudo. But then the error says that it wants to write to /usr/lib.

I could do python3 -m pip install --user . but not $ python3 -m pip install --user -e . either.

I executed the command below from the root directory a cloned copy of PyDataFront.

$ python3 -m pip install -e .                                                                         
Defaulting to user installation because normal site-packages is not writeable
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://pypi.ngc.nvidia.com
Obtaining file:///home/forrest/Textea/PyDataFront
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Checking if build backend supports build_editable ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... done
Installing collected packages: pydatafront
  Attempting uninstall: pydatafront
    Found existing installation: pydatafront 0.0.0
    Uninstalling pydatafront-0.0.0:
      Successfully uninstalled pydatafront-0.0.0
  Running setup.py develop for pydatafront
    error: subprocess-exited-with-error

    × python setup.py develop did not run successfully.
    │ exit code: 1
    ╰─> [32 lines of output]
        running develop
        /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py:158: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
          warnings.warn(
        WARNING: The user site-packages directory is disabled.
        /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py:34: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
          warnings.warn(
        error: can't create or remove files in install directory

        The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
        installation directory:

            [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/test-easy-install-769272.write-test'

        The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
        the distutils default setting) was:

            /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/

        Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
        installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
        as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
        access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
        directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
        variable.

        For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
        documentation at:

          https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/deprecated/easy_install.html

        Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

        [end of output]

    note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
  WARNING: No metadata found in /home/forrest/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages
  Rolling back uninstall of pydatafront                                                                                                           
  Moving to /home/forrest/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pydatafront-0.0.0.dist-info/
   from /home/forrest/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/~ydatafront-0.0.0.dist-info
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× python setup.py develop did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [32 lines of output]
    running develop
    /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/easy_install.py:158: EasyInstallDeprecationWarning: easy_install command is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
      warnings.warn(
    WARNING: The user site-packages directory is disabled.
    /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/setuptools/command/install.py:34: SetuptoolsDeprecationWarning: setup.py install is deprecated. Use build and pip and other standards-based tools.
      warnings.warn(
    error: can't create or remove files in install directory

    The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
    installation directory:

        [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/test-easy-install-769272.write-test'

    The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
    the distutils default setting) was:

        /usr/local/lib/python3.10/dist-packages/

    Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If the
    installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
    as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
    access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
    directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
    variable.

    For information on other options, you may wish to consult the
    documentation at:

      https://setuptools.pypa.io/en/latest/deprecated/easy_install.html

    Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.

    [end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.