Where is the Python module installation directory?

One of the important reasons for Python's strength is that python has a rich library (module) that makes it easier to handle a wide variety of problems. Python - developed third-party modules are generally installed on some fixed paths, as follows:

Unix (Linux): prefix/lib/pythonx.y/site-packages Default path:/usr/local/lib/pythonx.y/site-packages

Windows:prefix\lib\site-packages Default path:C:\PythonXY\Lib\site-packages

In addition, on unix-like Systems,Python 's own build-in modules are typically located in:/usr/lib/ Pythonx.y/site-packages

The command to install the module from the source code is generally:setup.py install

of course, you can change the default third-party module installation path as needed, and you can add parameters to the command:–user, Or–home, Or–prefix and– exec -prefix, Or–install-base and–install-platbase, etc. to specify the installation path.

It should be noted that the installation path of the module must be in the sys.path list , in order to be able to import in the script normally .

Python http:// Docs.python.org/3.3/install/index.html#how-installation-works

debian series (including ubuntu Linux DIST-PACKAGES  SITE-PACKAGES  directory; debian http://wiki.debian.org/python#deviations_from_upstream

Here are some of the paths to the Python modules that I see on my system:

# on a RHEL6.3 x86-64 system

[Email protected] ~]# cat/etc/issue

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 6.3 (Santiago)

Kernel \ r on an \m

[Email protected] ~]# ls/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/

[Email protected] ~]# ls/usr/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/

[Email protected] ~]# ls/usr/local/lib64/python2.6/site-packages/

# Switch to an Ubuntu x86-64 system

[Email protected]:~$ cat/etc/issue

Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS \ \l

[Email protected]:~$ ls/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/

[Email protected]:~$ ls/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/

Easy-installnanh Mysql_connector_repackaged-0.3.1-py2.7.egg

[Email protected]:~$ Python3

Python 3.2.3 (default, Oct 19 2012, 20:10:41)

[GCC 4.6.3] on linux2

Type "Help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> Import Sys

>>> Sys.path

[' ', '/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages/mysql_connector_repackaged-0.3.1-py3.2.egg ', '/usr/lib/python3.2 ', ' /usr/lib/python3.2/plat-linux2 ', '/usr/lib/python3.2/lib-dynload ', '/usr/local/lib/python3.2/dist-packages ', '/ Usr/lib/python3/dist-packages ']

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Where is the Python module installation directory?