How and where to deploy my Python and BottlePy application

Ok, so I made this application in Bottle that uses the NLTK package. It works fine on my computer which has all neccesary libraries installed, however, I can't get it to work on Google's App Engine. It gives these errors:

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'getuid'

I searched around and think this is a limitation of GAE, so I tried to use Alwaysdata and host my app there. However over there I have the problem that the YAML module is not installed. I tried to install it but access was denied.

creating /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yaml
error: could not create '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/yaml': Permission denied

So now I am stuck. This is the problem I walk into a lot. It all works fine on my computer, 开发者_运维技巧but then I can't get it to work online. Is this because of GAE limitations, alwaysdata limitations? So I guess I am asking where and how could I deploy best?

Is it more easy when I rent my own server and have full access there? Does that work as if it were my own computer and I can install everything?

Let me know if I need to provide more information, I'm pretty clueless.

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Edit: Thought it wise to mention, I've written apps that use the NLTK and they've run on WebFaction with no troubles.