Installing custom packages in IPython Notebooks : Forums : PythonAnywhere

I'm attempting to install a few custom packages (marshmallow, cerberus) inside my IPython notebook without success. Is this possible?

Input

! pip install marshmallow

Output

Collecting marshmallow
  Using cached marshmallow-2.8.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: marshmallow
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 317, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 742, in install
    **kwargs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 831, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1032, in move_wheel_files
    isolated=self.isolated,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 346, in move_wheel_files
    clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 317, in clobber
    ensure_dir(destdir)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
    os.makedirs(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/marshmallow'

I've also attempted to run the activate script of an existing virtual environment from within the IPython Notebook to no avail.

I'm not super familiar with doing custom packages in IPython notebooks. Perhaps there's some way I can hook up to a virtual environment?

Thank you, Taylor

deleted-user-266515 | 4 posts | July 1, 2016, 12:55 a.m. | permalink