Public bug reported: Taken from https://github.com/astropy/astropy/issues/8783
KeithSloan commented: I am trying to use astroquery to access GAMA Survey. The supplied test is from astroquery.simbad import Simbad result_table = Simbad.query_object("m1") result_table.pprint(show_unit=True) I get an error WARNING: Couldn't create 'astropy.units.format.cds_parsetab'. [Errno 13] Permission denied: ' /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/astropy/units/format/cds_parsetab.py' Now I could use sudo but suspect there is something I should have done at installation that should cause parsetab to be created somewhere other than /usr/lib [...] Installed on Ubuntu 18.04 with sudo apt-get update -y sudo apt-get install -y python3-astroquery Setting up python3-astropy (3.0-3) ... Setting up python3-astroquery (0.3.7+dfsg-1) ... ** Affects: astropy (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Assignee: Ole Streicher (olebole) Status: New ** Changed in: astropy (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Ole Streicher (olebole) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1831421 Title: Permission denied for generated parsetab To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/astropy/+bug/1831421/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs