Permission denied Setuptools

Question

I'm trying install setuptools in my Mac, but when I run command curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | python show a message telling:

   Processing setuptools-17.1.1-py3.4.egg
   Removing /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/setuptools-17.1.1-py3.4.egg
   Copying setuptools-17.1.1-py3.4.egg to /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages
   Adding setuptools 17.1.1 to easy-install.pth file error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/easy-install.pth'
   Something went wrong during the installation.
   See the error message above.

Answer 1

You need sudo for the python command to write to /Library/Frameworks...:

curl https://bootstrap.pypa.io/ez_setup.py -o - | sudo  python

Answer 2

you will need to run as root, using sudo. This should be googlable. :)

see also:

• Errno 13
• What is root?
• The Command Line Crash Course