"PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages'" installing Django
<p>I cannot install basic django packages on ubuntu. I just deleted virtualenv and remade it. <code>pip3install</code> = <code>pip3 install -r requirements.txt</code></p>

<pre><code>[mything] cchilders@cchilders-desktop:~/projects/mything (master) 
$ cat requirements.txt 
Django==1.10.1
django-filter
djangorestframework
psycopg2
twilio
ipdb
ipython


[mything] cchilders@cchilders-desktop:~/projects/mything (master) 
$ pip3install 
Collecting Django==1.10.1 (from -r requirements.txt (line 1))
  Using cached Django-1.10.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting django-filter (from -r requirements.txt (line 2))
  Using cached django_filter-0.15.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): djangorestframework in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 3))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): psycopg2 in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 4))
Collecting twilio (from -r requirements.txt (line 5))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ipdb in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 6))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ipython in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from -r requirements.txt (line 7))
Collecting pysocks; python_version == "3.5" (from twilio-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 5))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): six in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from twilio-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 5))
Collecting httplib2&gt;=0.7 (from twilio-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 5))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pytz in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (from twilio-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 5))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): setuptools in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipdb-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 6))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): prompt-toolkit&lt;2.0.0,&gt;=1.0.3 in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pickleshare in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): decorator in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): simplegeneric&gt;0.8 in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): traitlets&gt;=4.2 in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pygments in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pexpect; sys_platform != "win32" in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): wcwidth in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from prompt-toolkit&lt;2.0.0,&gt;=1.0.3-&gt;ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ipython-genutils in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from traitlets&gt;=4.2-&gt;ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): ptyprocess&gt;=0.5 in /home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages (from pexpect; sys_platform != "win32"-&gt;ipython-&gt;-r requirements.txt (line 7))
Installing collected packages: Django, django-filter, pysocks, httplib2, twilio
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
    status = self.run(options, args)
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 317, in run
    prefix=options.prefix_path,
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 742, in install
    **kwargs
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 831, in install
    self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1032, in move_wheel_files
    isolated=self.isolated,
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 346, in move_wheel_files
    clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 287, in clobber
    ensure_dir(dest)  # common for the 'include' path
  File "/home/cchilders/.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
    os.makedirs(path)
  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/os.py", line 241, in makedirs
    mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages'
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<p>the <code>mything</code> at the left is an active virtualenv (I just remade)</p>

<p>any help appreciated, thank you</p>

<p>Try using <code>sudo pip install django</code> when installing django. This will work if you have root privileges, otherwise you may need to use virtualenv. The django documentation and installation guides can be found <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/" rel="nofollow" > Here </a></p>

python django pip virtualenv django-1.10