how to find site-packages path

[vincent wehren]

Philippe C. Martin wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am using my own install script for my software and am looking for a
> flawless way to figure out where python, and more specifically
> site-packages is installed.

You can take a look at how this is done in Lib/site.py.

Look for the bit of code that starts with

prefixes = [sys.prefix]
sitedir = None # make sure sitedir is initialized because of later 'del'
...

etc.

--
Vincent Wehren


> 
> Any clue ?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Philippe
> 
> 
>