We are trying to make ipython installable from svn by doing easy_install ipython==dev On linux it works ok already, but not on Windows. Here's a transcript: [ipython]|20> easy_install -v ipython==dev Searching for ipython==dev Reading http://www.python.org/pypi/ipython/ Reading http://ipython.scipy.org Reading http://ipython.scipy.org/dist Found link: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.6.15.tar.gz Found link: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.6.15.win32.exe Found link: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.7.1.fix1-py2.3.egg Found link: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.7.1.fix1-py2.4.egg Found link: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.7.1.fix1.tar.gz Found link: http://ipython.scipy.org/dist/ipython-0.7.1.fix1.win32.exe Found link: http://ipython.scipy.org/svn/ipython/ipython/trunk#egg=ipython-dev Best match: ipython dev Downloading http://ipython.scipy.org/svn/ipython/ipython/trunk#egg=ipython-dev Doing subversion checkout from http://ipython.scipy.org/svn/ipython/ipython/trun k to i:\temp\easy_install-cg_eo8\trunk Processing trunk Running setup.py bdist_egg --dist-dir i:\temp\easy_install-cg_eo8\trunk\egg-dist -tmp-b2444u running bdist_egg running egg_info creating ipython.egg-info writing ipython.egg-info\PKG-INFO writing top-level names to ipython.egg-info\top_level.txt writing entry points to ipython.egg-info\entry_points.txt reading manifest template 'MANIFEST.in' warning: no previously-included files found matching 'doc\ChangeLog.*' error: i:\temp\easy_install-cg_eo8\trunk\MANIFEST.in: Permission denied I suppose deleting manifest.in would fix the whole issue (it did when I tried it the last time a week or so ago, but I was pressed for time and couldn't explore it enough back then). It's desirable to keep the MANIFEST.in file because it's used by package maintainers. Any pointers? MANIFEST.in is readable at http://ipython.scipy.org/svn/ipython/ipython/trunk/MANIFEST.in -- Ville Vainio - http://tinyurl.com/2prnb http://vainio.blogspot.com - g[mail | talk]='vivainio'