Error Installing SHAMPOO

[m-elkholy]

I downloaded git and performed the first two commands successfully (cloning the git repository then cd shampoo), however the third "install" command produces the following error:

Shamu@NadeauLab-DHM MINGW64 ~/shampoo (master) $ python setup.py install Initializing astropy_helpers submodule with: git submodule update --init -- astropy_helpers Freezing version number to shampoo\version.py running install 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: 'C:\\Program Files\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\test-easy-install-10176.write-test'

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

C:\Program Files\Anaconda3\Lib\site-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.readthedocs.io/en/latest/easy_install.html

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

I am the administrator on my Windows 10 pc, so I don't understand why it did not work. Any Ideas?

Thanks, -Marwan

[bmorris3]

I don't know why it didn't work either, but typically problems like this can be resolved by adding this flag to the install command:

python setup.py install --user

This will install the package such that it's only built on your account, which often dodges permissions issues.

[m-elkholy]

Thanks, It worked!

I ran the shampoo.test() command in python and it returned this message:

========================== 6 passed in 50.44 seconds ========================== Out[2]: 0

Is that a successful test?

Thanks again for your responses!

[bmorris3]

Yep, great!