# SimpleITK tries to write Python wrapped files into a default folder that needs root privileges

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**Created:** [September 18, 2020, 7:01am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/simpleitk-tries-to-write-python-wrapped-files-into-a-default-folder-that-needs-root-privileges/13536 "2020-09-18T07:01:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/simpleitk-tries-to-write-python-wrapped-files-into-a-default-folder-that-needs-root-privileges/13536/5 "2020-09-18T12:22:19Z")

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Probably the reason why @myousefi2016 has been considering using system Python is to solve the Python environment mixup issues discussed in: [I'm getting not a useful error when I try to start Slicer Jupyter kernel, how to debug?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/im-getting-not-a-useful-error-when-i-try-to-start-slicer-jupyter-kernel-how-to-debug/13530/7)

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