linux - To install and use Django 1.4.1 without sudo access

05
2014-04

Masi

I want to install this software to a server where I have no sudo access. They have Django 1.2.x installed there, but the software needs Django 1.4.1. The server has the adapter between Python and PostgreSQL database, psycopg2. Details of the server

Linux 3.2.46-grbfs #1 SMP Wed Jun 5 19:48:35 EEST 2013 x86_64
HP DL 360 G7: 2x6-core Xeon @ 3,07 GHz, 144 GB ECC

I run the script in Python so I do not need change the script executable

python setup.py install

and everything goes fine until I get the error on the last line

copying django/templatetags/l10n.py -> build/lib.linux-x86_64-2.6/django/templatetags
running build_scripts
creating build/scripts-2.6
copying and adjusting django/bin/django-admin.py -> build/scripts-2.6
changing mode of build/scripts-2.6/django-admin.py from 644 to 755
running install_lib
creating /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django
error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/django': Permission denied

How can you solve this problem without sudo access?

Answers

Roland Smith

Have a look at virtualenv. With that you can create separate Python environments.

Area 51

Extension to Roland's answer. Yes. I have done this:

virtualenv --python=pythonX env
. env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

but then I got stucked here.

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dan@Tower:~/py$ tar xzf bitarray-0.3.5.tar.gz
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dan@Tower:~/py/bitarray-0.3.5$
dan@Tower:~/py/bitarray-0.3.5$ python setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.5
creating build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray
copying bitarray/test_bitarray.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray
copying bitarray/__init__.py -> build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray
running build_ext
building 'bitarray._bitarray' extension
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.5
creating build/temp.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray
gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -O2 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/include/python2.5 -c bitarray/_bitarray.c -o build/te
mp.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray/_bitarray.o
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running install_lib
creating /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray
error: could not create '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray': Permission denied


dan@Tower:~/py/bitarray-0.3.5$ sudo python setup.py install
[sudo] password for dan: 
running install
running build
running build_py
running build_ext
running install_lib
creating /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray
copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray/_bitarray.so -> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray
copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray/test_bitarray.py -> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray
copying build/lib.linux-i686-2.5/bitarray/__init__.py -> /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray
byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray/test_bitarray.py to test_bitarray.pyc
byte-compiling /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray/__init__.py to __init__.pyc
running install_egg_info
Writing /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/bitarray-0.3.5.egg-info


dan@Tower:~/py/bitarray-0.3.5$ python -c 'import bitarray; bitarray.test()'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "bitarray/__init__.py", line 13, in <module>
    from _bitarray import _bitarray, bits2bytes, _sysinfo
ImportError: No module named _bitarray

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