pip: Error installing package with executable

Environment

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'

About this issue

Original URL
State: open
Created 4 years ago
Reactions: 16
Comments: 29 (4 by maintainers)

Most upvoted comments

The issue appears to be a permissions one. The error only occurs when running not as Administrator.

+129

jaraco on Oct 20, 2020

You can add your User in C:\Python39 folder security pannel with full access permission to solve this problem. @jaraco

+58

symant233 on Oct 21, 2021

I just right clicked on the python folder, went to properties and allowed the permission via security tab

בתאריך יום ג׳, 7 בדצמ׳ 2021, 18:05, מאת Cat4209 @.***>:

You can add your User in C:\Python39 folder security pannel with full access permission to solve this problem. @jaraco https://github.com/jaraco

Thanks, solved for me!

How did you do this ? Should I create a folder ?

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+17

Shayaomer on Dec 7, 2021

pip install pip-run --user this worked for me

+13

hamzausmani302 on Jan 12, 2022

You can add your User in C:\Python39 folder security pannel with full access permission to solve this problem. @jaraco

I navigated to C:/Python311 and right clicked on the folder itself

Properties
- Security tab up top
  - Edit permissions
    - Select User, change permissions, apply cahnges

agosmou on Jul 13, 2023

pip install pip-run --user worked for me too

roshan-ican on Feb 21, 2022

I assume you installed Python as admin as well (iirc chocolatey requires running as admin)? If so, yes this is a permission issue, pip cannot remove files (before installing the new version). I recall pip has some error handling around this (it should show a friendly message when it hits issues like this), so th main question here is why that handling did not kick in for you.

uranusjr on Oct 20, 2020

You can add your User in C:\Python39 folder security pannel with full access permission to solve this problem. @jaraco

Thanks, solved for me!

How did you do this ? Should I create a folder ?

Cat4209 on Dec 7, 2021