python - pip install access denied on Windows

Question

I am trying to run pip install mitmproxy on Windows, but I keep getting access denied, even with cmd and PowerShell using the Run as Administrator option.

WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: 'c:\users\bruno\appdata\local\temp\easy_install-0fme6u\cryptography-0.9.1\.eggs\cffi-1.1.2-py2.7-win-amd64.egg\_cffi_backend.pyd'

How can I make this work?

Answer 1

In case of windows, in cmd try to run pip install using python executable

e.g.

python -m pip install mitmproxy

this should work, at least it worked for me for other package installation.