astral-sh
`uv tool install` failing to install due to 'Permission denied'
Summary
Hi,
I am seeing a 'Permission denied' error when trying to install a tool using uv tool install:
+/tmp/script_314.sh:366> brew install uv
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/uv/manifests/0.7.3
==> Fetching uv
==> Downloading https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core/uv/blobs/sha256:3d300ee7ebcfa7e0ef7802ddec4fdbf0ac6e023851bad35460ba9f58dc5951d8
==> Pouring uv--0.7.3.ventura.bottle.tar.gz
==> Caveats
zsh completions have been installed to:
/usr/local/share/zsh/site-functions
==> Summary
🍺 /usr/local/Cellar/uv/0.7.3: 17 files, 37.2MB
==> Running `brew cleanup uv`...
Disable this behaviour by setting HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP.
Hide these hints with HOMEBREW_NO_ENV_HINTS (see `man brew`).
+/tmp/script_314.sh:367> uv tool install <tool> --with-requirements /Users/<user-name>/requirements-ami.txt --python 3.11
Downloading cpython-3.11.12-macos-x86_64-none (download) (17.5MiB)
Downloading cpython-3.11.12-macos-x86_64-none (download)
error: Permission denied (os error 13) at path "/var/folders/sk/1rps9wzs79zdj9f2wz8m0yf00000gn/T/.tmpjKWSI5"
Provisioning step had errors: Running the cleanup provisioner, if present...
I run these commands via packer to provision AWS AMIs. This last worked 5 days ago on uv 0.7.2. I've made no other changes to the AMI provisioning since the last success. It is possible that other brew package updates could have caused this issue, but that seems unlikely at this point.
Platform
macOS 13 ARM64 and AMD64
Version
0.7.3
Python version
Python 3.11.12
Does it work if you go back to uv 0.7.2, or was this a change in the environment? Are any XDG or UV_ variables set, as /var/folders/sk isn't a usual build folder?
I've switched to installing uv via pipx, and I've pinned it to 0.7.2 and the install works properly. I've not set any XDG or UV_ variables.
I've continued using the pipx install method and unpinned the version, allowing 0.7.3 to be used, and it fails again.
I don't think we changed anything meaningful between those versions. I think this is probably an issue on the host?
Well, it consistently works with 0.7.2 and consistently fails with 0.7.3. If there is some debugging data that would be helpful, I am happy to try to collect it.
I get the same issue (base) ~ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh downloading uv 0.8.2 aarch64-apple-darwin no checksums to verify installing to /Users/xxxx/.local/bin uv uvx everything's installed! sh: line 1453: /Users/xxxxxx/.bash_profile: Permission denied sh: line 1454: /Users/xxxxxx/.bash_profile: Permission denied mkdir: /Users/xxxxxx/.config/fish/conf.d: Permission denied ERROR: command failed: mkdir -p /Users/xxxxxx/.config/fish/conf.d Same thing when I tried running with sudo
I'd like to report that after I upgraded to macOS 15, this issue no longer occurs.
I get the same issue (base) ~ curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh downloading uv 0.8.2 aarch64-apple-darwin no checksums to verify installing to /Users/xxxx/.local/bin uv uvx everything's installed! sh: line 1453: /Users/xxxxxx/.bash_profile: Permission denied sh: line 1454: /Users/xxxxxx/.bash_profile: Permission denied mkdir: /Users/xxxxxx/.config/fish/conf.d: Permission denied ERROR: command failed: mkdir -p /Users/xxxxxx/.config/fish/conf.d Same thing when I tried running with sudo
Ditto running MacOS 15.1. Installing via brew works fine.
Are the problems you are reporting for installing uv itself, or for running uv tool install?
Are the problems you are reporting for installing uv itself, or for running
uv tool install?
Ah, sorry. That output is when I run the curl command to download and install uv: curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh Using the brew instructions to install works fine.
This bug is about a uv tool install problem, could you open a separate issue with logs and other information that could be relevant, such as security software and the permissions on the paths in the error message?