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pip: six issue when installing package

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The error

When you try to install a python project using pip and you are using macOS and you get the error:

Installing collected packages: six, python-dateutil, docutils, botocore, pyasn1, rsa, colorama, awscli Found existing installation: six 1.4.1 DEPRECATION: Uninstalling a distutils installed project (six) has been deprecated and will be removed in a future version. This is due to the fact that uninstalling a distutils project will only partially uninstall the project. Uninstalling six-1.4.1: Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 211, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 311, in run root=options.root_path, File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 640, in install requirement.uninstall(auto_confirm=True) File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 716, in uninstall paths_to_remove.remove(auto_confirm) File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_uninstall.py", line 125, in remove renames(path, new_path) File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 315, in renames shutil.move(old, new) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 302, in move copy2(src, real_dst) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 131, in copy2 copystat(src, dst) File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 103, in copystat os.chflags(dst, st.st_flags) OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/var/folders/6t/h404bjcd5tb_4q86tpv_251rv_0h0j/T/pip-sYsqDS-uninstall/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/six-1.4.1-py2.7.egg-info' eval(ez_write_tag([[336,280],'tutorials_technology-medrectangle-3','ezslot_0',114,'0','0'])); Solution ========

MacOS ships with six 1.4.1 installed already and when it attempts to uninstall it doesn't have permission to do so because System Integrity Protection doesn't allow even root to modify those directories. Try to install the six using the command:

pip install --ignore-installed six

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