Mod_python error: "PythonHandler django.core.handlers.modpython"

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 299, in HandlerDispatch
    result = object(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 222, in handler
    return ModPythonHandler()(req)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/modpython.py", line 195, in __call__
    response = self.get_response(request)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 67, in get_response
    response = middleware_method(request)

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/middleware.py", line 9, in process_request
    engine = __import__(settings.SESSION_ENGINE, {}, {}, [''])

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/backends/db.py", line 2, in ?
    from django.contrib.sessions.models import Session

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/contrib/sessions/models.py", line 4, in ?
    from django.db import models

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line 16, in ?
    backend = __import__('%s%s.base' % (_import_path, settings.DATABASE_ENGINE), {}, {}, [''])

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 10, in ?
    import MySQLdb as Database

  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 19, in ?

  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/_mysql.py", line 7, in ?

  File "build/bdist.linux-i686/egg/_mysql.py", line 4, in __bootstrap__

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c5-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 799, in resource_filename
    return get_provider(package_or_requirement).get_resource_filename(

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c5-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1228, in get_resource_filename
    self._extract_resource(manager, self._eager_to_zip(name))

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c5-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 1249, in _extract_resource
    real_path = manager.get_cache_path(

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c5-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 880, in get_cache_path
    self.extraction_error()

  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/setuptools-0.6c5-py2.4.egg/pkg_resources.py", line 846, in extraction_error
    raise err

ExtractionError: Can't extract file(s) to egg cache

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

  [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/.python-eggs'

The Python egg cache directory is currently set to:

  /.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.