_path_ lets you identify the location(s) of a specific package: ( details) $ python -c 'import setuptools as _ print(_._path_)' Hint: Running pip list -user or pip freeze -user gives you a list of all installed per user site-packages. If this points to a non-existing directory check the exit status of Python and see python -m site -help for explanations.

The per user site-packages directory ( PEP 370) is where Python installs your local packages: python -m site -user-site In Python 3, you may use the sysconfig module instead: python3 -c 'import sysconfig print(sysconfig.get_paths())'

Global site-packages (' dist-packages') directories are listed in sys.path when you run: python -m siteįor a more concise list run getsitepackages from the site module in Python code: python -c 'import site print(site.getsitepackages())'Ĭaution: In virtual environments getsitepackages is not available with older versions of virtualenv, sys.path from above will list the virtualenv's site-packages directory correctly, though. There are two types of site-packages directories, global and per user.

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