I should have mentioned that I tried 'sudo easy_install ...' and it prompted me for a password. Hitting return didn't do the trick...<div><br></div><div>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? <br>
<br></div><div>Chris</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Austin Godber <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:godber@uberhip.com">godber@uberhip.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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You should be able to use sudo to do things as the root user:<br>
<br>
sudo easy_install boto<br>
<br>
I am pretty sure that works.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
Austin<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
<br>
On 03/14/2011 08:55 PM, Chris Diehl wrote:
</div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div></div><div class="h5">Hello,
<div><br>
</div>
<div>I just successfully fired up my first cluster in short order
which is brilliant!</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>My first step was to try and install additional modules so
that I could save a custom AMI for future use. </div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Doing an 'easy_install <packagename>' yielded:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>-------------------------</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
<div>error: can't create or remove files in install directory</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The following error occurred while trying to add or remove
files in the</div>
<div>installation directory:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> [Errno 13] Permission denied:
'/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/test-easy-install-5265.write-test'</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>The installation directory you specified (via
--install-dir, --prefix, or</div>
<div>the distutils default setting) was:</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div> /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Perhaps your account does not have write access to this
directory? If the</div>
<div>installation directory is a system-owned directory, you may
need to sign in</div>
<div>as the administrator or "root" account. If you do not have
administrative</div>
<div>access to this machine, you may wish to choose a different
installation</div>
<div>directory, preferably one that is listed in your PYTHONPATH
environment</div>
<div>variable.</div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>
-------------------------</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Does sgeadmin not have admin rights? Should I be able to
install software at will without permissions issues?</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Chris</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
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