Bad interpreter: Permission denied when using pip to install boto3

Asked Jul 05 '19 at 23:15

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When running

pip install boto3

I get

-bash: /usr/local/bin/pip: /usr/bin/python: bad interpreter: Permission denied

I think it has something to do with pip trying to look for a python installation under /usr/bin/python, but a symlink to /usr/bin/python isn't created for me? I may have deleted that symlink when I upgraded from python 2.7.6 to python 2.7.9.

In my ~/.bashrc I have export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/lib/python2.7.9/bin.

Can anyone tell me what's going on here?

asked Jul 05 '19 at 23:15

Victor Cui

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It doesn't say that `/usr/bin/python` is missing, it says that the permissions are wrong. Fix the permissions. – Barmar Jul 05 '19 at 23:20
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It's not using `$PATH`, it has an explicit `#!/usr/bin/python` in the script. – Barmar Jul 05 '19 at 23:20
usualy on Linux you need to use `sudo` to install Python module in global folder. Without `sudo` you can only install in user's folder using option `--user` – furas Jul 05 '19 at 23:29
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Please post the result of `ls -l /usr/bin/python`. – Joseph Sible-Reinstate Monica Jul 05 '19 at 23:46
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@furas Yeah, that would give a different error though: [`OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: ...`](https://stackoverflow.com/q/31512422/4518341). Also BTW `sudo pip install` should be avoided; `pip install --user` is the better option. – wjandrea Jul 06 '19 at 02:29
`ls -l /usr/bin/python` gives me `lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Jul 5 20:29 /usr/bin/python -> /usr/local/lib/python2.7.9` – Victor Cui Jul 06 '19 at 22:24
@Barmar what permissions should I fix? – Victor Cui Jul 06 '19 at 22:25
The link should point to `/usr/local/lib/python2.7.9/bin/python`. – Barmar Jul 06 '19 at 23:17

Bad interpreter: Permission denied when using pip to install boto3

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