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Title: pip install --upgrade pip (Windows)
Type: Stage: resolved
Components: Windows Versions: Python 3.5
process
Status: closed Resolution: not a bug
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: frank-e, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2016-07-04 13:08 by frank-e, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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pip.8.1.1.txt frank-e, 2016-07-04 13:08 pip 8.1.1 traceback
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msg269784 - (view) Author: (frank-e) Date: 2016-07-04 13:08
`python -m pip install --upgrade pip` on Windows 7 with Python 3.5.2 installed for all users, PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access denied: 'c:\\program files\\python35\\lib\\site-packages\\p
ip-8.1.1.dist-info\\description.rst'
msg269786 - (view) Author: Zachary Ware (zach.ware) * (Python committer) Date: 2016-07-04 13:49
As the traceback suggests, you don't have permission to write there. You'll need to run that as an administrator, but note that you'll run into a different issue using the 'pip' command to upgrade itself; use 'py -3.5 -m pip install -U pip' instead. 

Also, pip is not actually part of the standard library, it's just bundled with CPython. For any change you'd like to see in pip's behavior, you'll need to raise an issue on pip's issue tracker (https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues).
msg270295 - (view) Author: (frank-e) Date: 2016-07-13 03:41
Thanks, worked, most likely an error on my side (command line window without admin rights).
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:58:33adminsetgithub: 71636
2016-07-13 03:41:21frank-esetmessages: + msg270295
2016-07-04 13:49:03zach.waresetstatus: open -> closed
resolution: not a bug
messages: + msg269786

stage: resolved
2016-07-04 13:08:25frank-ecreate