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bilal26036

i am following your tutorial but i am getting error.

Requirement already up-to-date: pip in c:\program files (x86)\paython 3.6.1\lib\site-packages
Collecting wheel
Using cached wheel-0.30.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl
Installing collected packages: wheel
[31mException:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\basecommand.py", line 215, in main
status = self.run(options, args)
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\commands\install.py", line 342, in run
prefix=options.prefix_path,
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\req\req_set.py", line 784, in install
**kwargs
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\req\req_install.py", line 851, in install
self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\req\req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
isolated=self.isolated,
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\wheel.py", line 316, in clobber
ensure_dir(destdir)
File "C:\Users\ARSALA~1\AppData\Local\Temp\tmpcb1hb02_\pip.zip\pip\utils_init_.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
os.makedirs(path)
File "C:\Program Files (x86)\paython 3.6.1\lib\os.py", line 220, in makedirs
mkdir(name, mode)
PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied: 'C:\Program Files (x86)\paython 3.6.1\Lib\site-packages\wheel'[0m