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error installing xmpp python lib in ubuntu

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It's a python package which uses setuptools to install, so make sure you have setuptools installed (sudo apt-get install python-setuptools). Next, extract your xmpp package somewhere, and run setup tools like this:

sudo python setup.py install

That should to the trick.

kovshenin 2010-10-26 11:32:57

huh.. i am using live version of ubuntu.. will it work.. I have booted the system using pen drive

Parag Redkar 2010-10-26 11:43:11

Why not? Pen drives are not read-only like live CDs, which by the way nowadays can mount virtual file systems in your memory too (I think).

kovshenin 2010-10-26 11:46:42

ok i tried ur command and again tried installing python dns package this time . still same kind of error. :(ubuntu@ubuntu:/media/DATA/ubuntu/dns/dnspython-1.6.0$ python setup.py installrunning installrunning buildrunning build_pyrunning install_libcreating /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/dnserror: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/dns': Permission denied

Parag Redkar 2010-10-26 11:49:19

Well, I don't think you will be able to install the package unless you have write permissions to `/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages` so you should solve that first.

kovshenin 2010-10-26 11:50:45

i tried changing file permission of /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages ubuntu@ubuntu:/usr/local/lib$ chmod 777 python2. .. .. . .giving me error (chmod: changing permissions of `python2.6': Operation not permitted)

Parag Redkar 2010-10-26 11:52:53

The directory seems to be read-only, maybe your ubuntu live mounted it that way? Dump the contents of fstab and mtab somewhere and show us, and add `ubuntu` to the tags of this question, and perhaps rephrase it. You might also want to post it to serverfault or the ubuntu forums, but it shouldn't be very complicated. Other than that, this is not a python nor setuptools-related question ;)

kovshenin 2010-10-26 11:58:19

i have touched linux after 4+ years.. and i right now dunno anything about linux than some very basic commands. i didnt get what this mean " Dump the contents of fstab and mtab somewhere and show us, and add ubuntu to the tags of this question, and perhaps rephrase it." new to python too :D and actually i have tried putting ubuntu tag for this question.but it doesnt give ubuntu tag option

Parag Redkar 2010-10-26 12:01:31

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