Dear community, I tried to install abjad with pip install abjad And I got: > Collecting abjad > Using cached > https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/f7/2f/23b14c7ff2ca1a5728e81fc1b5960374ec444efad43b197dca009 > 53d90cc/Abjad-3.1.tar.gz > Could not import setuptools which is required to install from a source > distribution. > Please install setuptools. > > > You are using pip version 9.0.3, however version 20.2.4 is available. > You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' > command. > And after
> pip install --upgrade pip > I've got > Collecting pip > Using cached > https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/cb/28/91f26bd088ce8e22169032100d4260614fc3da435025ff389ef1d > 396a433/pip-20.2.4-py2.py3-none-any.whl > Installing collected packages: pip > Found existing installation: pip 9.0.3 > Uninstalling pip-9.0.3: > Successfully uninstalled pip-9.0.3 > Rolling back uninstall of pip > Exception: > Traceback (most recent call last): > > > File > "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line > 215, in main > status = self.run(options, args) > > > File > "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/commands/install.py", > line 342, in run > prefix=options.prefix_path, > > > File > "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line > 784, in install > **kwargs > > > File > "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", > line 851, in install > self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix) > > File > "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", > line 1064, in move_wheel_files > isolated=self.isolated, > > > File "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line > 345, in move_wheel_files > clobber(source, lib_dir, True) > > > File "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/wheel.py", line > 316, in clobber > ensure_dir(destdir) > > > File > "/home/stefan/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", > line 83, in ensure_dir > os.makedirs(path) > > > File "/usr/lib/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs > > mkdir(name, mode) > > > OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: > '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip-20.2.4.dist-info' > > You are using pip version 9.0.3, however version 20.2.4 is available. > You should consider upgrading via the 'pip install --upgrade pip' command. > What can I do know? Thanks for Your help, Stefan Hey Megan, > > I use a different approach, but have you checked Abjad already? > https://abjad.github.io/index.html > > Cheers > Martín. > > www.martinrinconbotero.com > On 31. Oct 2020, 18:51 +0100, Megan Aldrich <maldr...@conncoll.edu>, > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > Is there a package that would allow me to output in a lilypond format > from python? I found something through google searches and it’s poorly > documented and hard to use. Is there something that you recommend using? > > > > Meg > > -- > > Megan Aldrich > > > > Connecticut College >