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    copied!<p>I am running OS X Lion (started on Leopard, and have gone through two upgrades). OS X Lion comes with Python 2.7. At some point, I thought Python and its packages were working together (possibly before my upgrade with Lion).</p> <p>I can run Python as a non-superuser. However, when I import packages or try running <code>easy_install</code>, for example, I get the following error.</p> <pre><code>system:distutils $ python Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Jun 16 2011, 16:59:05) [GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. &gt;&gt;&gt; import zope Traceback (most recent call last): File "&lt;stdin&gt;", line 1, in &lt;module&gt; File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/Extras/lib/python/zope/__init__.py", line 1, in &lt;module&gt; __import__('pkg_resources').declare_namespace(__name__) File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 698, in &lt;module&gt; class Environment(object): File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 701, in Environment def __init__(self, search_path=None, platform=get_supported_platform(), python=PY_MAJOR): File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 96, in get_supported_platform plat = get_build_platform(); m = macosVersionString.match(plat) File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/pkg_resources.py", line 222, in get_build_platform plat = get_platform() File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/distutils/util.py", line 165, in get_platform "Don't know machine value for archs=%r"%(archs,)) ValueError: Don't know machine value for archs=() &gt;&gt;&gt; ^D system:distutils $ </code></pre> <p>When I run it as root or as <code>sudo</code>, everything works fine. All of the directories and files have <code>0755</code> or <code>0644</code> permissions, respectively.</p> <p>What should the permissions be for Python and its packages on OS X Lion so you can use it as a normal user? Is the way my permissions are currently configured the default, or did I mess up the permissions along the way.</p> <p><em>I realize I can go through the /System/Library/... and the /Library/Python/... directories and change the ownership and permission to me. But that does not seem like that is the correct solution.</em></p>
 

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