# Install curator problem
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-problem/81208
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 4, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-problem/81208 "2017-04-04T19:16:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Ximeng\_Zhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ximeng_Zhao)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 7:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-problem/81208/1 "2017-04-04T19:16:19Z")
Hello,
I tried to install elastic curator 4.2.6 on my ec2, but after typing \< pip install elasticsearch-curator \>, it showed the error like below:
Collecting elasticsearch-curator
Using cached elasticsearch-curator-4.2.6.tar.gz
Collecting elasticsearch\<3.0.0,\>=2.4.0 (from elasticsearch-curator)
Using cached elasticsearch-2.4.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Collecting click\>=6.0 (from elasticsearch-curator)
Using cached click-6.7-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): pyyaml\>=3.10 in /usr/lib64/python2.7/dist-packages (from el asticsearch-curator)
Collecting voluptuous\>=0.9.3 (from elasticsearch-curator)
Using cached voluptuous-0.9.3.tar.gz
Collecting certifi\>=2017.1.23 (from elasticsearch-curator)
Using cached certifi-2017.1.23-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): urllib3\<2.0,\>=1.8 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from elasticsearch\<3.0.0,\>=2.4.0-\>elasticsearch-curator)
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): setuptools\>=0.6b1 in /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (from voluptuous\>=0.9.3-\>elasticsearch-curator)
Installing collected packages: elasticsearch, click, voluptuous, certifi, elasticsearch-curator
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 246, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 352, in run
root=options.root\_path,
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req\_set.py", line 693, in install
\*\*kwargs
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req\_install.py", line 817, in install
self.move\_wheel\_files(self.source\_dir, root=root)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/req/req\_install.py", line 1018, in move\_wheel\_files
isolated=self.isolated,
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 237, in move\_wheel\_files
clobber(source, lib\_dir, True)
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 208, in clobber
os.makedirs(destdir)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/os.py", line 157, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/elasticsearch-2.4.1.dist-info'
Please help me if you have any ideas, thanks so much.
Simon
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 8:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-problem/81208/2 "2017-04-04T20:43:55Z")
> [@Ximeng\_Zhao](#):
>
> OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/elasticsearch-2.4.1.dist-info'
The `Permission denied` explains much. You will probably have to run it as root or with sudo.
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### Author:  [@Ximeng\_Zhao](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ximeng_Zhao)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-problem/81208/3 "2017-04-04T20:50:07Z")
Thanks man, I forgot to use sudo...
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2017, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-problem/81208/4 "2017-05-02T20:50:07Z")
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