Correct module for site customization of path

[Tim Johnson]

On 11/1/24 08:32, dieter.maurer at online.de wrote:
>> ...
>> After the recent upgrades I had to install youtube_dl with pipx for the
>> new python version.
>> When I ran the script which imported youtube_dl, I got an import error
>> as it appears the path to the module
>> was not in sys.path....
> I see at several options:
>
>   * install `youtoube_dl` where Python looks for it
>     (you can print `sys.path` to find out all the places
>     normally checked for importable modules)
>
>   * put a (symbolic) link to `youtoube_dl` at a place
>     where Python looks for modules
>
>   * use Pythons' `.pth' feature to tell Python additional
>     places where to look for modules.
>     You can place `.pth` files where Python looks for modules
>     to be imported
In  /usr/lib/python3.12/sitecustomize.py I put the following:
import sys
sys.path.append("path to youtube_dl")
# In /usr/lib/python3.12/sitecustomize.py
# Thanks seems to work for me
cheers


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Tim
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