hi im trying to package 5.0.9 bittorrent (http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/) , as well as twisted (2.5) using setuptools. On install i get an error for bittorrent : ... Searching for BitTorrent>=5.0,<6 Reading http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/ Best match: BitTorrent 5.0.9 Downloading http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/BitTorrent-5.0.9.tar.gz Processing BitTorrent-5.0.9.tar.gz Running BitTorrent-5.0.9/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-7A9E17/BitTorrent-5.0.9/egg-dist-tmp-1kUjWw error: SandboxViolation: mkdir('/home/andy/.bittorrent', 511) {} The package setup script has attempted to modify files on your system that are not within the EasyInstall build area, and has been aborted. This package cannot be safely installed by EasyInstall, and may not support alternate installation locations even if you run its setup script by hand. Please inform the package's author and the EasyInstall maintainers to find out if a fix or workaround is available. -- I get another error for Twisted : Searching for Twisted>=2.5 Reading http://download.bittorrent.com/dl/ Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/Twisted/ Reading http://twistedmatrix.com/ Reading http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/Twisted/2.5.0 Best match: Twisted 2.5.0 Downloading http://tmrc.mit.edu/mirror/twisted/Twisted/2.5/Twisted-2.5.0.tar.bz2 Processing Twisted-2.5.0.tar.bz2 Running Twisted-2.5.0/setup.py -q bdist_egg --dist-dir /tmp/easy_install-c7WTc2/Twisted-2.5.0/egg-dist-tmp-hIcXuu usage: setup.py [global_opts] cmd1 [cmd1_opts] [cmd2 [cmd2_opts] ...] or: setup.py --help [cmd1 cmd2 ...] or: setup.py --help-commands or: setup.py cmd --help error: invalid command 'bdist_egg' Error: Subprocess exited with result 1 for project core error: Setup script exited with 1 --- any hints? thanks -- Andy Nicholson +44 774 733 4891 [ .uk ] +61 406 306 715 [ .au ]