Hi I am getting following error while installing kiteconnect 3.0 using pip. PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\_cffi_backend.cp36-win_amd64.pyd' Twisted is installed. OS: windows 10. Microsoft Visual C++ redistributable (x64) 14.0.24212.0 , Microsoft Visual C++ Buid Tools are also installed. I need help in resolving this issue. Regards
@zartimus , I tried all the steps mentioned in the thread . However again the same error no. 13 "permision denied. I had restarted my system and tried this.
Can you give a screenshot of the error? or what is the command you used? Permission denied when installing any package typically means you are logged in as a regular user and you need to elevate user privileges by appending 'sudo' to whatever command you are typing at the command prompt. So for python as an example, instead of 'pip3 install ...' you would need to do 'sudo pip3 install ...'
If that doesnt work please paste a screenshot or dm me. I will help you out.
@MAG , allow me few minutes. Mean time , few days back when i had tried to upgrade , that time I received the message on Visual C++ redistributable 2014 and that the same can be installed from landinghub. I did follow the instruction but having not found 2014 on that site , I had installed VS C++2015 and build tools. Post that I had tried again. But since then I am getting the same error. I did not however install "twist" at that point of time. Subsequently I installed twist as well, however not in virtualenv. Today I tried even virtual environment but to no help. I will paste the screen shot. I do it from anaconda prompt.
@vivek I tried both python -m pip install kiteconnect --upgrade --pre (and also pip install kiteconnect --upgrade --pre) on anaconda prompt - but could not succeed. Pl advise what and where to search for possible causes of failure.
The error message : Found existing installation: cffi 1.10.0 Uninstalling cffi-1.10.0: Successfully uninstalled cffi-1.10.0 Rolling back uninstall of cffi Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run prefix=options.prefix_path, File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install **kwargs File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 851, in install self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files isolated=self.isolated, File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files clobber(source, lib_dir, True) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 323, in clobber shutil.copyfile(srcfile, destfile) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\_cffi_backend.cp36-win_amd64.pyd'
@vivek I followed all the steps . Ran as administrator as well, but of no help - same error message. Should I uninstall python and reinstall? All messages remaining same , I am reproducing a part just in case this is a suspect - Installing collected packages: cffi, cryptography, pyOpenSSL, service-identity, kiteconnect, hyperlink Found existing installation: cffi 1.10.0 Uninstalling cffi-1.10.0: Successfully uninstalled cffi-1.10.0 Rolling back uninstall of cffi
@RP3436 You need to install Build Tools for Visual Studio 2017 as administrator. You can download it from here. Make sure visual studio compiler is in your path.
@zartimus Thanks, I will follow your instructions and post the outcome. Since the first time the error message talked about Visual Studio++ 2014 version , I had installed the same. Anyway I hope now it gets resolved. Regards
if you are trying to install kite connector 3 through command prompt: In case of windows : open the command prompt as administrator In case of ubuntu or mac : use sudo command
@vivek@zartimus@sujith All instructions on this page followed but still getting the same error: Exception: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main status = self.run(options, args) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run prefix=options.prefix_path, File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install **kwargs File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 851, in install self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files isolated=self.isolated, File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files clobber(source, lib_dir, True) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 323, in clobber shutil.copyfile(srcfile, destfile) File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\_cffi_backend.cp36-win_amd64.pyd'
Can someone who also faced similar issues in upgrading to kiteconnect v3 help? A checklist would be of great help.
Otherwise there is no point continuing with the subscription.
@RP3436 We understand. We are thinking of uploading the wheel distribution for every platforms on pypi so compiling twisted on user end could be eliminated. For a workaround, https://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#twisted ^ Since you are using python 3.6 and assuming you are on 64 bit, download Twisted‑17.9.0‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl. Then install twisted wheel using pip install /path/to/Twisted‑17.9.0‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl
Now, try installing kiteconnect with pip install kiteconnect --upgrade --pre Let me know if it solves it.
@zartimus Thanks for your gesture. I tried and again got error which I am reproducing below. My guess is, we have to set the path to the installation directory. I am using Anaconda prompt . Anaconda is in the user directory , and the path to site packages is : C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages. Please guide me as to what should I do this time to upgrade kiteconnect without fail. Please mention the lines of code that I must execute at Anaconda prompt , for upgrading kiteconnect. (OS Windows 10 64 bit.)
ERROR -- " ..... ..... ..... Building wheels for collected packages: kiteconnect Running setup.py bdist_wheel for kiteconnect ... error Complete output from command C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-t8aw9xvs\\kiteconnect\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" bdist_wheel -d C:\Users\PINAKI\AppData\Local\Temp\tmplutgetphpip-wheel- --python-tag cp36: running bdist_wheel running build running build_py creating build creating build\lib creating build\lib\kiteconnect copying kiteconnect\connect.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect copying kiteconnect\exceptions.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect copying kiteconnect\ticker.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect copying kiteconnect\__init__.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect copying kiteconnect\__version__.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect installing to build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel running install Requirement already satisfied: Twisted==17.9.0 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zerodhatech/python-wheels/master/Twisted-17.9.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages Requirement already satisfied: Automat>=0.3.0 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: hyperlink>=17.1.1 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: zope.interface>=4.0.2 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: constantly>=15.1 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: incremental>=16.10.1 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: attrs in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Automat>=0.3.0->Twisted==17.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: six in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Automat>=0.3.0->Twisted==17.9.0) Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from zope.interface>=4.0.2->Twisted==17.9.0) Checking .pth file support in build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\ C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe -E -c pass TEST FAILED: build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\ does NOT support .pth files error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or the distutils default setting) was:
build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\
and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
''
Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:
* You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that is on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files
* You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environment variable. (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)
* You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files by using one of the approaches described here:
Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
---------------------------------------- Failed building wheel for kiteconnect ......... ......... ......... File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst: PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\_cffi_backend.cp36-win_amd64.pyd'
@zartimus : Can you reflect on this part of the error and if you so feel - suggest some remedial steps:
Checking .pth file support in build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\ C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe -E -c pass TEST FAILED: build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\ does NOT support .pth files error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or the distutils default setting) was:
build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\
and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
'' I did not see this error on earlier attempts. Seems access to site package being denied.
Has anyone able to come pass this error. Was stucked 1 month back with the same. So left upgrade. But still the issue is not solved. We cannot think of testing the new version of kite api if the installation itself doesnt work.
You might have to reinstall Miniconda/Ananconda and start a clean environment before trying it. Also as @zartimus mentioned, you can try downloading the package and run python setup.py install
Hi @vivek@zartimus : Finally I upgraded to latest version of kiteconnect. However for that I uninstalled anaconda and reinstalled it in a different directory (not the one where OS resides). Did not install twisted separately. Still encountered "permission denied" error. Then I opened anaconda prompt with administrative priviledge, and finally emerged victorious. But , honestly speaking, the process should be made little more user friendly . I hope I am not the only one who faced this problem. But in any case , you guys (and others as well) left no stone upturned in helping me solve the issue. Thanks again.
i had this permission denied problem at first , but i reinstalled anaconda with option : install only for me , instead of install for all users . Then it started working for me.
If not solved, please tell us more about the installation steps you are trying.
Permission denied when installing any package typically means you are logged in as a regular user and you need to elevate user privileges by appending 'sudo' to whatever command you are typing at the command prompt.
So for python as an example, instead of 'pip3 install ...' you would need to do 'sudo pip3 install ...'
If that doesnt work please paste a screenshot or dm me. I will help you out.
I tried both python -m pip install kiteconnect --upgrade --pre (and also pip install kiteconnect --upgrade --pre) on anaconda prompt - but could not succeed. Pl advise what and where to search for possible causes of failure.
The error message :
Found existing installation: cffi 1.10.0
Uninstalling cffi-1.10.0:
Successfully uninstalled cffi-1.10.0
Rolling back uninstall of cffi
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run
prefix=options.prefix_path,
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install
**kwargs
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 851, in install
self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
isolated=self.isolated,
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 323, in clobber
shutil.copyfile(srcfile, destfile)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile
with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\_cffi_backend.cp36-win_amd64.pyd'
Installing collected packages: cffi, cryptography, pyOpenSSL, service-identity, kiteconnect, hyperlink
Found existing installation: cffi 1.10.0
Uninstalling cffi-1.10.0:
Successfully uninstalled cffi-1.10.0
Rolling back uninstall of cffi
Regards
In case of windows : open the command prompt as administrator
In case of ubuntu or mac : use sudo command
All instructions on this page followed but still getting the same error:
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run
prefix=options.prefix_path,
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install
**kwargs
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 851, in install
self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\req\req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
isolated=self.isolated,
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\site-packages\pip\wheel.py", line 323, in clobber
shutil.copyfile(srcfile, destfile)
File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile
with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\_cffi_backend.cp36-win_amd64.pyd'
Can someone who also faced similar issues in upgrading to kiteconnect v3 help? A checklist would be of great help.
Otherwise there is no point continuing with the subscription.
^ Since you are using python 3.6 and assuming you are on 64 bit, download Twisted‑17.9.0‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl.
Then install twisted wheel using pip install /path/to/Twisted‑17.9.0‑cp36‑cp36m‑win_amd64.whl
Now, try installing kiteconnect with pip install kiteconnect --upgrade --pre
Let me know if it solves it.
I tried and again got error which I am reproducing below. My guess is, we have to set the path to the installation directory. I am using Anaconda prompt . Anaconda is in the user directory , and the path to site packages is : C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages. Please guide me as to what should I do this time to upgrade kiteconnect without fail. Please mention the lines of code that I must execute at Anaconda prompt , for upgrading kiteconnect. (OS Windows 10 64 bit.)
ERROR --
"
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Building wheels for collected packages: kiteconnect
Running setup.py bdist_wheel for kiteconnect ... error
Complete output from command C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\python.exe -u -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\pip-build-t8aw9xvs\\kiteconnect\\setup.py';f=getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__);code=f.read().replace('\r\n', '\n');f.close();exec(compile(code, __file__, 'exec'))" bdist_wheel -d C:\Users\PINAKI\AppData\Local\Temp\tmplutgetphpip-wheel- --python-tag cp36:
running bdist_wheel
running build
running build_py
creating build
creating build\lib
creating build\lib\kiteconnect
copying kiteconnect\connect.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect
copying kiteconnect\exceptions.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect
copying kiteconnect\ticker.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect
copying kiteconnect\__init__.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect
copying kiteconnect\__version__.py -> build\lib\kiteconnect
installing to build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel
running install
Requirement already satisfied: Twisted==17.9.0 from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zerodhatech/python-wheels/master/Twisted-17.9.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages
Requirement already satisfied: Automat>=0.3.0 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: hyperlink>=17.1.1 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: zope.interface>=4.0.2 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: constantly>=15.1 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: incremental>=16.10.1 in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Twisted==17.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: attrs in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Automat>=0.3.0->Twisted==17.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: six in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from Automat>=0.3.0->Twisted==17.9.0)
Requirement already satisfied: setuptools in c:\users\pinaki\anaconda3\lib\site-packages (from zope.interface>=4.0.2->Twisted==17.9.0)
Checking .pth file support in build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\
C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe -E -c pass
TEST FAILED: build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\ does NOT support .pth files
error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The
installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\
and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
''
Here are some of your options for correcting the problem:
* You can choose a different installation directory, i.e., one that is
on PYTHONPATH or supports .pth files
* You can add the installation directory to the PYTHONPATH environment
variable. (It must then also be on PYTHONPATH whenever you run
Python and want to use the package(s) you are installing.)
* You can set up the installation directory to support ".pth" files by
using one of the approaches described here:
https://setuptools.readthedocs.io/en/latest/easy_install.html#custom-installation-locations
Please make the appropriate changes for your system and try again.
----------------------------------------
Failed building wheel for kiteconnect
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File "C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\lib\shutil.py", line 121, in copyfile
with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\\Users\\PINAKI\\Anaconda3\\Lib\\site-packages\\_cffi_backend.cp36-win_amd64.pyd'
Regards
We are not able to reproduce this issue here. https://ci.appveyor.com/project/rainmattertech/pykiteconnect/build/1.0.30/job/v7vqg97yjxmcrftm#L121
^ is a 64 bit machine with same python version
Do one thing, try cloning repo If error still persists, reinstall your conda and proceed with the same steps.
Checking .pth file support in build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\
C:\Users\PINAKI\Anaconda3\pythonw.exe -E -c pass
TEST FAILED: build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\ does NOT support .pth files
error: bad install directory or PYTHONPATH
You are attempting to install a package to a directory that is not
on PYTHONPATH and which Python does not read ".pth" files from. The
installation directory you specified (via --install-dir, --prefix, or
the distutils default setting) was:
build\bdist.win-amd64\wheel\.\
and your PYTHONPATH environment variable currently contains:
''
I did not see this error on earlier attempts. Seems access to site package being denied.
Else , you close the thread.
pip install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zerodhatech/python-wheels/master/Twisted-17.9.0-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whlAlso check this similar issue being addressed here - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/43322964/permission-denied-when-installing-tensorflow
You might have to reinstall Miniconda/Ananconda and start a clean environment before trying it. Also as @zartimus mentioned, you can try downloading the package and run
python setup.py installBut in any case , you guys (and others as well) left no stone upturned in helping me solve the issue. Thanks again.