Whenever I try pip3 install discord.py
, this happens:
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 317, in run
prefix=options.prefix_path,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 742, in install
**kwargs
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/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/python3.5/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1032, in move_wheel_files
isolated=self.isolated,
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 346, in move_wheel_files
clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 317, in clobber
ensure_dir(destdir)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
os.makedirs(path)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/os.py", line 241, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.5/dist-packages/multidict'
The root
account doesn't exist, making sudo
impossible.
How do I fix this?