error: could not create '/usr/lib/python3.5': Operation not permitted

Question

I am trying to install thrift servr on my Mac OS X.

I have download thrift 0.10.0, then have used the configure command. Its output is as below :

thrift 0.10.0

Building Plugin Support ...... : no
Building C++ Library ......... : no
Building C (GLib) Library .... : no
Building Java Library ........ : no
Building C# Library .......... : no
Building Python Library ...... : yes
Building Ruby Library ........ : no
Building Haxe Library ........ : no
Building Haskell Library ..... : no
Building Perl Library ........ : yes
Building PHP Library ......... : yes

I then used the make command.

Now when i run :sudo make install. Its giving me the error as below.

error: could not create '/usr/lib/python3.5': Operation not permitted

user_783666 · Answer

My suggestion would be to see if the -H option for sudo helps.

sudo -H  make install

Further coverage on this can be found at this link on stackoverflow

As your using OSX, have you considered using the brew package manager?

Also check if you have used configure correct. There are special notes for OSX which differ from the standard build from source notes.

user_5665961 · Answer

Have you tried --user at the end of your command? I encountered this issue when installing some python libraries and using this fixed it.

error: could not create '/usr/lib/python3.5': Operation not permitted

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