Update link error message with info on permissions
@@ -49,9 +49,12 @@ def symlink(model_path, link_name, force):
# This is quite dirty, but just making sure other errors are caught so
# users at least see a proper message.
util.sys_exit(
- "Creating a symlink in spacy/data failed. You can still import "
- "the model as a Python package and call its load() method, or "
- "create the symlink manually:",
+ "Creating a symlink in spacy/data failed. Make sure you have the "
+ "required permissions and try re-running the command as admin, or "
+ "use a virtualenv to install spaCy in a user directory, instead of "
+ "doing a system installation.",
+ "You can still import the model as a Python package and call its "
+ "load() method, or create the symlink manually:",
"{a} --> {b}".format(a=unicode_(model_path), b=unicode_(link_path)),
title="Error: Couldn't link model to '{l}'".format(l=link_name))
