Hans Mulder <han...@xs4all.nl> wrote: > On 17/06/11 21:58:53, Nige Danton wrote: >> Mac OSX python 2.6.1: I'm trying to install the natural language toolkit >> and following the instructions here www.NLTK.org/download I've downloaded >> the PyYAML package and in a terminal window tried to install it. However
> You're not really giving us enough information, so I'll just guess: Sorry. > Are you trying a command that begins with "sudo"? Good guess. Yes it's sudo python setup.py install > If so, then you user password should work, provided you're a member > of the 'admin' group. To find out, type "groups" in a Terminal > window. If the response does not include "admin" as a separate Ok, thanks. Tried that and the response does not include admin nor my user name > word, then you''l have to ask someone to give you admin rights. It's a personal computer - there is no one to ask. When I try my user password the reply is that it's not in the sudoers file and the admin password it just rejects. Any idea what I should do? -- Nige Danton - Replace the obvious with g.m.a.i.l -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
