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Permission error after installing "pyechonest" #20

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@neomilium

I'm facing a permission problem while I'm using "echonest" plugin under Debian Squeeze (Python 2.6).

$ sudo pip install pyechonest
Downloading/unpacking pyechonest
Downloading pyechonest-8.0.0.tar.gz
Running setup.py egg_info for package pyechonest
Installing collected packages: pyechonest
Running setup.py install for pyechonest
Successfully installed pyechonest
Cleaning up...

$ beet imp autoKratz
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/beet", line 5, in
from pkg_resources import load_entry_point
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2691, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 668, in subscribe
callback(dist)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2691, in
add_activation_listener(lambda dist: dist.activate())
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2192, in activate
self.insert_on(path)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2299, in insert_on
self.check_version_conflict()
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2338, in check_version_conflict
for modname in self._get_metadata('top_level.txt'):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 2186, in _get_metadata
for line in self.get_metadata_lines(name):
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1174, in get_metadata_lines
return yield_lines(self.get_metadata(name))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1166, in get_metadata
return self._get(self._fn(self.egg_info,name))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1281, in _get
stream = open(path, 'rb')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyechonest-8.0.0.egg-info/top_level.txt'

$ ls /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyechonest-8.0.0.egg-info/top_level.txt -alh
-rwx------ 1 root staff 11 Jun 12 13:51 /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyechonest-8.0.0.egg-info/top_level.txt

Fixed by chmoding to 664:
$ sudo chmod 664 /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/pyechonest-8.0.0.egg-info/top_level.txt

I hope it helps :)

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