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Question

I'm trying to install wxPython with

pip3 install wxPython --user

but getting an extensive error message that seems to revolve around

/tmp/pip-install-tdvhv76e/wxPython/ext/wxWidgets/configure: Permission denied

How can I fix this?

Answer

It's because the configure program at

/tmp/pip-install-tdvhv76e/wxPython/ext/wxWidgets/configure

can't be executed because /tmp is mounted with the noexec flag.

You can fix this temporarily with

sudo mount -o remount,exec /tmp

to install the package and revert with

sudo mount -o remount,noexec /tmp