Failure to install pylint when prompted to do so (Permission Denied)

Environment data

VS Code version: 1.181 Python Extension version: 0.8.0 Python Version: 2.7.10 OS and version: macOS 10.13.2

Actual behavior

Opening a .py file prompts to install pylint. Pylint installation fails.

Expected behavior

Pylint installation succeeds.

Steps to reproduce:

• Open VS Code
• Open a Python file
• Click on prompt to install pyline

Logs

/usr/bin/python -m pip install pylint
TARS:~ stewartadam$ /usr/bin/python -m pip install pylint
Collecting pylint
  Using cached pylint-1.7.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied: six in ./Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (from pylint)
Collecting isort>=4.2.5 (from pylint)
  Using cached isort-4.2.15-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting singledispatch; python_version < "3.4" (from pylint)
  Using cached singledispatch-3.4.0.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting mccabe (from pylint)
  Using cached mccabe-0.6.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting configparser; python_version == "2.7" (frompylint)
Collecting backports.functools-lru-cache; python_version == "2.7" (from pylint)
  Using cached backports.functools_lru_cache-1.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting astroid>=1.5.1 (from pylint)
  Using cached astroid-1.5.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting wrapt (from astroid>=1.5.1->pylint)
Requirement already satisfied: enum34>=1.1.3; python_version < "3.4" in ./Library/Python/2.7/lib/python/site-packages (from astroid>=1.5.1->pylint)
Collecting lazy-object-proxy (from astroid>=1.5.1->pylint)
Installing collected packages: isort, singledispatch, mccabe, configparser, backports.functools-lru-cache, wrapt, lazy-object-proxy, astroid, pylint
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 342, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 784, in install
    **kwargs
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 851, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
    isolated=self.isolated,
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
    clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 316, in clobber
    ensure_dir(destdir)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
    os.makedirs(path)
  File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/isort'
TARS:~ stewartadam$

[MikhailArkhipov]

OK, I can look into this

[brettcannon]

@zzj0402 if python3 -m pip install --user pylint fails when run in a terminal then there is an issue with your system and not the extension itself.