# Pip install fails with permission error in CPU architecture s390x

**URL:** https://travis-ci.community/t/pip-install-fails-with-permission-error-in-cpu-architecture-s390x/8335
**Category:** Multi CPU Architecture
**Created:** [April 25, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/pip-install-fails-with-permission-error-in-cpu-architecture-s390x/8335 "2020-04-25T08:04:53Z")
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### Author: ![fingolfin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/travis-ci.community/fingolfin/32/2110_2.png) [@fingolfin](https://travis-ci.community/u/fingolfin)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://travis-ci.community/t/pip-install-fails-with-permission-error-in-cpu-architecture-s390x/8335/2 "2020-05-16T22:35:08Z")

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A workaround is suggested here: [Permission issue while building wheels for various python packages](https://travis-ci.community/t/permission-issue-while-building-wheels-for-various-python-packages/7822/7)

You can put this into `before_install`; you can see how I applied the workaround for a project I work on here: [https://github.com/gap-system/gap/blob/5d2fe4aad4721b03a24dd47af239b27765c49f19/.travis.yml#L163](https://github.com/gap-system/gap/blob/5d2fe4aad4721b03a24dd47af239b27765c49f19/.travis.yml#L163)

Sadly, the arm64/s390x/ppc64le “support” in Travis seems to be essentially unsupported resp. unmaintained… Plenty of issues are reported, but they are not even acknowledge, not to mention fixed, and that’s been going on for a couple of months now.

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