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chmod to write lib file

Hey, i'd like to change some lines in lib file but don't have permission to do it, so i run:

chmod g+w /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/xlrd/compdoc.py

but got an error that 

chmod: changing permissions of ‘/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/xlrd/compdoc.py’: Operation not permitted

how can i do that? thanks

Beloved premium user teman77 | 34 posts | June 18, 2020, 6:22 p.m. | permalink

You can't. Those files are system files that are shared between users and you cannot change them.

Staff glenn | 279 posts | PythonAnywhere staff | June 19, 2020, 11:24 a.m. | permalink