Installing packages through Terminal

Hi,

I am trying to install PyXML through Terminal, but I'm having a permission denied error.

The command I used to install the program:

python setup.py install

I am not currently logged in as Admin, though I know there's a way to install packages as a non-admin user using terminal; however, I don't know which command to use (sudo?). I have tried using sudo, but it tells me I'm not on the sudoers list.

Can someone point me in the right direction?

Also does anyone have book recommendations on how to use Terminal/unix?

 

Thanks for the help!

'sudo python setup.py install' worked fine after logging in as my admin account using the 'login' command.

The site, from the link you gave, looks very thorough. Thanks.