Pip doesn't work (Mac)

Question

I am using python 3.6 and I have MAC OS X 10.12.6. I want to install packages like selenium and django. When I type pip install selenium it gives me this error

OSError: [Errno 1] Operation not permitted: '/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/selenium'

Does anyone know why this is happening? I am in the same directory as pip is installed.

Answer 1

This error shows when you are trying to overwrite macOS inbuilt Python packages, which is protected by macOS's System Integrity Protection (SIP).

Since you are using Python 3 (which should be installed manually by you.), you should use pip3 , like so:

pip3 install selenium

Answer 2

Seems as though the user you're using doesn't have permissions to write to that directory. Instead of installing it system-wide, you could install the package for your own user:

$ pip install --user selenium