OSX: Python packages fail to install, error message "/usr/local/bin: File Exists"
- by kylehotchkiss
I keep trying to install django and other python packages, and I keep getting the exact same error message:
Installing django-admin.py script to /usr/local/bin
error: /usr/local/bin: File exists
So I look to make sure that my /usr/local folder is okay. At first glance it appears okay, until I try cd-ing into my bin. It says it can't because it's not a directory. Peculiar, I thought, so then I tried a
Anchorage:local khotchkiss$ ls -a -l
total 26168
drwxr-xr-x 6 root wheel 204 Dec 26 20:18 .
drwxr-xr-x@ 14 root wheel 476 Feb 24 12:54 ..
-rwxr-xr-x@ 1 root wheel 13395080 Oct 22 23:04 bin
drwxr-xr-x 8 root wheel 272 Dec 26 20:18 git
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Dec 18 11:31 include
drwxr-xr-x 12 root wheel 408 Dec 18 11:31 lib
And haven't a clue of what the 'bin' is, why its so large, and why its preventing me from installing python packages. Any clue?
