Permission denied error while installing pixiedust jupyter

Question

Team, im getting permission denied error [Errno 13] Permission denied while extracting spark package (2.1.0) in local installation. I have admin access to folders and verified in Security as well. Any pointers will be helpful

Environment details

OS - **Windows 7**
(C:\conda) C:\conda>conda --version
**conda 4.3.30**
(C:\conda) C:\conda>python --version
**Python 3.6.3 :: Anaconda, Inc.**
(C:\conda) C:\conda>jupyter --version
**4.3.0**
(C:\conda) C:\conda>pip --version
**pip 9.0.1** from C:\conda\lib\site-packages (python 3.6)

From anaconda terminal - jupyter pixiedust install

←[32;1mStep 1: **PIXIEDUST_HOME**: C:\conda\pixiedust-master←[0m
        Keep y/n [y]? **y**

←[32;1mStep 2: **SPARK_HOME**: C:\conda\pixiedust-master\bin\spark←[0m
        Keep y/n [y]? y

←[32;1mDirectory C:\conda\pixiedust-master\bin\spark does not contain a valid SPARK install←[0m
        **Download Spark** y/n [y]? y

←[32;1mWhat version would you like to download? 1.6.3, 2.0.2, 2.1.0, 2.2.0 [2.2.0]: ←[0m**2.1.0**
F 82%
F 100%

Error Details - Below

←[FExtracting Spark 2.1.0 to C:\conda\pixiedust-master\bin\spark

Traceback (most recent call last): File "c:\conda\lib\runpy.py", line 193, in _run_module_as_main "main", mod_spec)

File "c:\conda\lib\runpy.py", line 85, in _run_code exec(code, run_globals)

File "C:\conda\Scripts\jupyter-pixiedust.EXE__main__.py", line 9, in

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\install\pixiedustapp.py", line 41, in main PixiedustJupyterApp.launch_instance()

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 657, in launch_instance app.initialize(argv)

File "", line 2, in initialize

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 87, in catch_config_error return method(app, *args, **kwargs)

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 296, in initialize self.parse_command_line(argv)

File "", line 2, in parse_command_line

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 87, in catch_config_error return method(app, *args, **kwargs)

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 514, in parse_command_line return self.initialize_subcommand(subc, subargv)

File "", line 2, in initialize_subcommand

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 87, in catch_config_error return method(app, *args, **kwargs)

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 452, in initialize_subcommand self.subapp.initialize(argv)

File "", line 2, in initialize

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\traitlets\config\application.py", line 87, in catch_config_error return method(app, *args, **kwargs)

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\jupyter_core\application.py", line 239, in initialize self.parse_command_line(argv)

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\install\createKernel.py", line 150, in parse_command_line self.download_spark(silent, silent_spark_version)

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\install\createKernel.py", line 409, in download_spark self.extract_temp_file(temp_file, self.spark_home)

File "c:\conda\lib\site-packages\install\createKernel.py", line 478, in extract_temp_file tar = tarfile.open(temp_file.name, "r:gz")

File "c:\conda\lib\tarfile.py", line 1586, in open return func(name, filemode, fileobj, **kwargs)

File "c:\conda\lib\tarfile.py", line 1633, in gzopen fileobj = gzip.GzipFile(name, mode + "b", compresslevel, fileobj)

File "c:\conda\lib\gzip.py", line 163, in init fileobj = self.myfileobj = builtins.open(filename, mode or 'rb')

PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'C:\Temp\tmpnt0i718r.tgz'

Answer 1

Unfortunately, Windows is not a supported platform by the PixieDust install script as mentioned in the PixieDust site documentation: https://ibm-watson-data-lab.github.io/pixiedust/install.html. As a workaround I suggest to use a docker container with Linux or MacOS.