Along with other Python-related experiments today, I started following the Virtual Environments guide, and I wondered why I was getting odd errors after running "pip install virtualenv" (ending with "IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py'").
After a bit of poking around, I'm guessing I got those errors since virtualenv was actually already installed. It'd be nice to start this guide with brief instructions for checking to see if you already have virtualenv installed, to minimize that kind of confusion. I figure it's not uncommon for newcomers to try various experiments and not keep precise track of what they've done already, or to use setup scripts that install a pile of things and then not be sure what you've installed. :)
Along with other Python-related experiments today, I started following the Virtual Environments guide, and I wondered why I was getting odd errors after running "pip install virtualenv" (ending with "IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py'").
After a bit of poking around, I'm guessing I got those errors since virtualenv was actually already installed. It'd be nice to start this guide with brief instructions for checking to see if you already have virtualenv installed, to minimize that kind of confusion. I figure it's not uncommon for newcomers to try various experiments and not keep precise track of what they've done already, or to use setup scripts that install a pile of things and then not be sure what you've installed. :)