[Python-Dev] 3.5 release schedule PEP (original) (raw)

Steve Dower Steve.Dower at microsoft.com
Wed Sep 24 22:50:30 CEST 2014

Donald Stufft wrote:

One thing about *nix is even though you can’t write to your normal Python install location without root, invoking pip with permissions (assuming you have them) is as easy as prefacing it with sudo in most cases. Does Windows have an equivalent or do you need to launch a whole new shell?

Unfortunately not. The "easy way" is for the executable to declare that it needs administrative privileges, and then the OS will take over and let you approve/reject/sign-in/etc. according to your settings.

I don't believe this is the right solution anyway, as very many Windows users won't be able to do this (particularly in IT managed environments). Having 'pip install' do a per-user install automatically is something that will actually work, at the cost/benefit of not affecting other users.

Cheers, Steve

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