Error installing package with executable
See original GitHub issueEnvironment
- pip version: 20.2.4
- Python version: 3.9.0
- OS: Windows 10 Build 20236
Description Attempting to install pip-run fails.
Expected behavior The installation of this package should succeed or a more informative error message should be provided.
How to Reproduce
I’ve installed Python with chocolatey (choco install python), upgraded pip with py -m pip install -U pip, then:
$ py -m pip install pip-run
Collecting pip-run
Using cached pip_run-8.2.0-py3-none-any.whl (14 kB)
Requirement already satisfied: pip>=19.3 in c:\python39\lib\site-packages (from pip-run) (20.2.4)
Installing collected packages: pip-run
WARNING: Failed to write executable - trying to use .deleteme logic
ERROR: Could not install packages due to an EnvironmentError: [WinError 2] The system cannot find the file specified: 'C:\\Python39\\Scripts\\pip-run.exe' -> 'C:\\Python3
9\\Scripts\\pip-run.exe.deleteme'
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The issue appears to be a permissions one. The error only occurs when running not as Administrator.
You can add your User in C:\Python39 folder security pannel with full access permission to solve this problem. @jaraco