[PyFeyn] I cannot install the package

[Andy Buckley]

On 27/04/11 09:27, Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm trying to install pyFeyn in my computer (Mac OS X 10.6.7) and I get
> the following error message:
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Running PyX-0.10/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir
> /tmp/easy_install-DNzGcZ/PyX-0.10/egg-dist-tmp-oh9bOA
> error: Setup script exited with error: SandboxViolation:
> mkdir('/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.6/share',) {}
>
> The package setup script has attempted to modify files on your system
> that are not within the EasyInstall build area, and has been aborted.
>
> This package cannot be safely installed by EasyInstall, and may not
> support alternate installation locations even if you run its setup
> script by hand. Please inform the package's author and the EasyInstall
> maintainers to find out if a fix or workaround is available.
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> So I'm sending it to you. Is it possible to fix it?

Hi Rebeca,

Many apologies for the delayed reply -- I'm pretty overloaded with other 
things at the moment and haven't worked on PyFeyn for some time. But 
it's on my to-do list to check and fix this... as soon as I can!

Cheers,
Andy

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