[StarCluster] Adding Python Modules

[Austin Godber]

Hmmm, I know I was able to get root somehow in 0.91 or whatever the last 
packaged release was.  Maybe I just SSHed in as root and it had my key 
setup or something.

Austin

On 03/14/2011 10:00 PM, Chris Diehl wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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