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Can't pip install html2text library

I want to instal html2text for pyrhon 3.6, I enter this: pip3.6 install html2text. It gives me this:

Collecting html2text
Installing collected packages: html2text
Exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/basecommand.py", line 215, in main
 status = self.run(options, args)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/commands/install.py", line 342, in run
 prefix=options.prefix_path,
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/req/req_set.py", line 784, in install
 **kwargs
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 851, in install
 self.move_wheel_files(self.source_dir, root=root, prefix=prefix)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/req/req_install.py", line 1064, in move_wheel_files
 isolated=self.isolated,
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 345, in move_wheel_files
 clobber(source, lib_dir, True)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/wheel.py", line 316, in clobber
 ensure_dir(destdir)
 File "/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/pip/utils/__init__.py", line 83, in ensure_dir
 os.makedirs(path)
 File "/usr/lib/python3.6/os.py", line 220, in makedirs
 mkdir(name, mode)
 PermissionError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages/html2text'

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thanks