I/O error unable to write directory

[nsonaniya2010]

frida

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Failed to load the Frida native extension: Can't extract file(s) to egg cache

The following error occurred while trying to extract file(s)
to the Python egg cache:

[Errno 5] Input/output error

The Python egg cache directory is currently set to:

/root/.cache/Python-Eggs

Perhaps your account does not have write access to this directory?
You can change the cache directory by setting the PYTHON_EGG_CACHE
environment variable to point to an accessible directory.

Please ensure that the extension was compiled for Python 3.x.

[leonjza]

This looks like frida itself did not install properly, possibly because you not have write access to /root/.cache/Python-Eggs. Please check that you can successfully pip3 install frida. If you don't come right on your current platform then I suggest you try this is something like a Kali Linux VM or similar.

[nsonaniya2010]

When i typed command following o/p is there:

Requirement already satisfied: frida in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/frida-10.7.7-py3.6-linux-x86_64.egg
Requirement already satisfied: colorama>=0.2.7 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages (from frida)
Requirement already satisfied: prompt-toolkit>=0.57 in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/prompt_toolkit-1.0.15-py3.6.egg (from frida)
Requirement already satisfied: pygments>=2.0.2 in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (from frida)
Requirement already satisfied: six>=1.9.0 in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (from prompt-toolkit>=0.57->frida)
Requirement already satisfied: wcwidth in /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/wcwidth-0.1.7-py3.6.egg (from prompt-toolkit>=0.57->frida)
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[nsonaniya2010]

Also, i have uninstalled and installed frida and objection again also i have given the full read write permission but i am getting same error.

[nsonaniya2010]

Also how can i ensure this Please ensure that the extension was compiled for Python 3.x. or how can i compile it in Python 3.X ?

[leonjza]

I am sorry, but unfortunately I am still unsure about what exactly is going wrong here for you. I suspect if the installation of Frida fails (like with your permissions issues) when the prebuilt extensions are downloaded you can face similar issues to the ones you have now where it looks like Frida is installed, but in fact it is not.

The only thing I can suggest is you try and remove Frida & re-install, try this in a fresh VM or install in a new virtual environment like the wiki suggests.