I am learning python with no programming experience, from a textbook. It asked me to install setup tools, which I downloaded. However, whenever I try to install it through terminal as the website says, I get the following message:
error:
can't create or remove files in install directory
The following error occurred while trying to add or remove files in the
installation directory:
[Errno 13] Permission denied: '/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages/test-easy-install-2960.write-test'
I think I am doing something wrong on my part however I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I am running python 2.5, and i have downloaded setuptools 2.5 (the textbook asked for these specific versions).I have only gotten as far as downloading the setup tools file to my desktop. Can somebody please provide extremely thorough and easy instructions about how to install setup tools? I am running Mac OS X Mountain Lion.