title: pip is not able to install packages correctly: Permission denied error
body: <p>I am trying to install lxml to install scrapy on my Mac (v 10.9.4)</p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  pip install lxml
  Downloading/unpacking lxml
    Downloading lxml-3.4.0.tar.gz (3.5MB): 3.5MB downloaded
    Running setup.py (path:/private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml/setup.py) egg_info for package lxml
      /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'bugtrack_url'
        warnings.warn(msg)
      Building lxml version 3.4.0.
      Building without Cython.
      Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.28
  
      warning: no previously-included files found matching '*.py'
  Installing collected packages: lxml
    Running setup.py install for lxml
      /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'bugtrack_url'
        warnings.warn(msg)
      Building lxml version 3.4.0.
      Building without Cython.
      Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.28
      building 'lxml.etree' extension
      cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE_DTRACE -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -pipe -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml/src/lxml/includes -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c src/lxml/lxml.etree.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.etree.o -w -flat_namespace
      cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -Wl,-F. build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.etree.o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/etree.so
      building 'lxml.objectify' extension
      cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE_DTRACE -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -pipe -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml/src/lxml/includes -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c src/lxml/lxml.objectify.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.objectify.o -w -flat_namespace
      cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -Wl,-F. build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.objectify.o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/objectify.so
      error: could not create '/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lxml': Permission denied
      Complete output from command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip-_xm20j-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile:
      /System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/dist.py:267: UserWarning: Unknown distribution option: 'bugtrack_url'
  
    warnings.warn(msg)
  
  Building lxml version 3.4.0.
  
  Building without Cython.
  
  Using build configuration of libxslt 1.1.28
  
  running install
  
  running build
  
  running build_py
  
  creating build
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/__init__.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/_elementpath.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/builder.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/cssselect.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/doctestcompare.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/ElementInclude.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/pyclasslookup.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/sax.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/usedoctest.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/__init__.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/__init__.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/_diffcommand.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/_html5builder.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/_setmixin.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/builder.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/clean.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/defs.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/diff.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/ElementSoup.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/formfill.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/html5parser.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/soupparser.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  copying src/lxml/html/usedoctest.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/html
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/__init__.py -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron
  
  copying src/lxml/lxml.etree.h -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/lxml.etree_api.h -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/c14n.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/config.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/dtdvalid.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/etreepublic.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/htmlparser.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/relaxng.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/schematron.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/tree.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/uri.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/xinclude.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/xmlerror.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/xmlparser.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/xmlschema.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/xpath.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/xslt.pxd -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/etree_defs.h -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  copying src/lxml/includes/lxml-version.h -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/includes
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/rng
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/rng/iso-schematron.rng -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/rng
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/RNG2Schtrn.xsl -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/XSD2Schtrn.xsl -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl
  
  creating build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_abstract_expand.xsl -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_dsdl_include.xsl -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_schematron_message.xsl -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_schematron_skeleton_for_xslt1.xsl -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/iso_svrl_for_xslt1.xsl -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
  
  copying src/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1/readme.txt -&gt; build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/isoschematron/resources/xsl/iso-schematron-xslt1
  
  running build_ext
  
  building 'lxml.etree' extension
  
  creating build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7
  
  creating build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src
  
  creating build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml
  
  cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE_DTRACE -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -pipe -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml/src/lxml/includes -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c src/lxml/lxml.etree.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.etree.o -w -flat_namespace
  
  cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -Wl,-F. build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.etree.o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/etree.so
  
  building 'lxml.objectify' extension
  
  cc -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -dynamic -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -g -Os -pipe -fno-common -fno-strict-aliasing -fwrapv -DENABLE_DTRACE -DMACOSX -DNDEBUG -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wshorten-64-to-32 -DNDEBUG -g -fwrapv -Os -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -DENABLE_DTRACE -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -pipe -I/usr/include/libxml2 -I/private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml/src/lxml/includes -I/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/include/python2.7 -c src/lxml/lxml.objectify.c -o build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.objectify.o -w -flat_namespace
  
  cc -bundle -undefined dynamic_lookup -arch x86_64 -arch i386 -Wl,-F. build/temp.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/src/lxml/lxml.objectify.o -lxslt -lexslt -lxml2 -lz -lm -o build/lib.macosx-10.9-intel-2.7/lxml/objectify.so
  
  running install_lib
  
  creating /lib/python2.7/site-packages/lxml
  
  error: could not create '/lib/python2.7/site-packages/lxml': Permission denied
  
  ----------------------------------------
  Cleaning up...
  Command /usr/bin/python -c "import setuptools, tokenize;__file__='/private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml/setup.py';exec(compile(getattr(tokenize, 'open', open)(__file__).read().replace('\r\n', '\n'), __file__, 'exec'))" install --record /var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip-_xm20j-record/install-record.txt --single-version-externally-managed --compile failed with error code 1 in /private/var/folders/8l/t7tcq67d34v7qq_4hp3s1dm80000gn/T/pip_build_ishaantaylor/lxml
  Storing debug log for failure in /Users/ishaantaylor/Library/Logs/pip.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If somebody could help me I would really appreciate it! I have a suspicion that the issue has to do with multiple versions of python but I'm not sure how to check or fix that.</p>
  
  <p>Edit 1:
  When I try <code>sudo pip install lxml</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  sudo pip install lxml
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/bin/pip", line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
      from pip import main
  ImportError: No module named pip
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit 2:
  When I try <code>STATIC_DEPS=true sudo pip install lxml</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  STATIC_DEPS=true sudo pip install lxml
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/bin/pip", line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
      from pip import main
  ImportError: No module named pip
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Also, I tried installing another package with pip and that didn't work either.. see below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local /lib/python2.7/site-packages
  ╰─➤  pip install requests
  Downloading/unpacking requests
    Downloading requests-2.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl (458kB): 458kB downloaded
  Installing collected packages: requests
  Cleaning up...
  Exception:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
      status = self.run(options, args)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 283, in run
      requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options, root=options.root_path)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 1435, in install
      requirement.install(install_options, global_options, *args, **kwargs)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 671, in install
      self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 901, in move_wheel_files
      pycompile=self.pycompile,
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 215, in move_wheel_files
      clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 205, in clobber
      os.makedirs(destdir)
    File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
      mkdir(name, mode)
  OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/lib/python2.7/site-packages/requests'
  Storing debug log for failure in /Users/ishaantaylor/Library/Logs/pip.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit 4:
  Tried to download virtualenv, people recommended this as an alternative to sudo. Result is below:</p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  pip install virtualenv                                                               127 ↵
  Downloading/unpacking virtualenv
    Downloading virtualenv-1.11.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.6MB): 1.6MB downloaded
  Installing collected packages: virtualenv
  Cleaning up...
  Exception:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
      status = self.run(options, args)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 283, in run
      requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options, root=options.root_path)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 1435, in install
      requirement.install(install_options, global_options, *args, **kwargs)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 671, in install
      self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 901, in move_wheel_files
      pycompile=self.pycompile,
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 215, in move_wheel_files
      clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 209, in clobber
      shutil.copy2(srcfile, destfile)
    File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 130, in copy2
      copyfile(src, dst)
    File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 83, in copyfile
      with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py'
  
  Storing debug log for failure in /Users/ishaantaylor/Library/Logs/pip.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit 5:</p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  sudo pip install virtualenv                                                            1 ↵
  Password:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/bin/pip", line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
      from pip import main
  ImportError: No module named pip
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  pip install virtualenv                                                                 1 ↵
  Downloading/unpacking virtualenv
    Downloading virtualenv-1.11.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.6MB): 1.6MB downloaded
  Installing collected packages: virtualenv
  Cleaning up...
  Exception:
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/basecommand.py", line 122, in main
      status = self.run(options, args)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/commands/install.py", line 283, in run
      requirement_set.install(install_options, global_options, root=options.root_path)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 1435, in install
      requirement.install(install_options, global_options, *args, **kwargs)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 671, in install
      self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/req.py", line 901, in move_wheel_files
      pycompile=self.pycompile,
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 215, in move_wheel_files
      clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
    File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg/pip/wheel.py", line 209, in clobber
      shutil.copy2(srcfile, destfile)
    File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 130, in copy2
      copyfile(src, dst)
    File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 83, in copyfile
      with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
  IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/lib/python2.7/site-packages/virtualenv.py'
  
  Storing debug log for failure in /Users/ishaantaylor/Library/Logs/pip.log
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit 6:
  In response to hd1:</p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  curl -kLso /tmp/get-pip.py https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  sudo python get-pip.py
  python: can't open file 'get-pip.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Edit 7:
  In Response to hd1:</p>
  
  <pre><code>╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local /
  ╰─➤  curl -kLso /tmp/get-pip.py https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local /
  ╰─➤  cd ~
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  sudo python /tmp/get-pip.py
  Requirement already up-to-date: pip in /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip-1.5.6-py2.7.egg
  Cleaning up...
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  sudo pip install virtualenv
  Downloading/unpacking virtualenv
    Downloading virtualenv-1.11.6-py2.py3-none-any.whl (1.6MB): 1.6MB downloaded
  Installing collected packages: virtualenv
  Successfully installed virtualenv
  Cleaning up...
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  mkdir -p ~/.virtualenvs
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  virtualenv ~/.virtualenvs/lxmltest
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/bin/virtualenv", line 7, in &lt;module&gt;
      from virtualenv import main
  ImportError: No module named virtualenv
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤  which virtualenv                                                       1 ↵
  /bin/virtualenv
  ╭─ishaantaylor@Ishaans-MacBook-Pro.local ~
  ╰─➤ echo -e ${PATH//:/\\n}
  /usr/local/bin
  /usr/bin
  /bin
  /usr/sbin
  /sbin
  /opt/X11/bin
  </code></pre>