[StarCluster] Adding Python Modules

[Chris Diehl]

I should have mentioned that I tried 'sudo easy_install ...' and it prompted
me for a password. Hitting return didn't do the trick...

Once I am able to create a new custom AMI, shouldn't I be able to spin up a
cluster of VMs all using the same image?

Chris

On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Austin Godber <godber at uberhip.com> wrote:

>  You should be able to use sudo to do things as the root user:
>
> sudo easy_install boto
>
> I am pretty sure that works.
>
> Though you should keep in mind that will only run it on the current node
> and /usr/local isn't share between nodes ... at least as far as I know of.
>
> Austin
>
>
> On 03/14/2011 08:55 PM, Chris Diehl wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
>  I just successfully fired up my first cluster in short order which is
> brilliant!
>
>  My first step was to try and install additional modules so that I could
> save a custom AMI for future use.
>
>  Doing an 'easy_install <packagename>' yielded:
>
>  -------------------------
>
>  error: can't create or remove files in install directory
>
>  The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
> installation directory:
>
>      [Errno 13] Permission denied:
> '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/test-easy-install-5265.write-test'
>
>  The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
> the distutils default setting) was:
>
>      /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/
>
>  Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?  If
> the
> installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may need to sign in
> as the administrator or "root" account.  If you do not have administrative
> access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different installation
> directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH environment
> variable.
>
>  -------------------------
>
>  Does sgeadmin not have admin rights? Should I be able to install software
> at will without permissions issues?
>
>  Chris
>
>
>
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