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mrgloom
Asked: 2019-07-19 11:09:18 +0800 CST

What is the difference /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages vs /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages?

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What is the difference between:

  /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages
  /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages
python libraries

2 Answers

  1. On my Ubuntu, this seems to be:

    • /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages: things installed by dpkg/apt
    • /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages: things installed using pip
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  2. /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages contains non-host-specific modules installed by the system with the package manager, for example on Ubuntu with sudo apt install safeeyes.

    However, /usr/local/lib/python3.6/dist-packages contains modules that you installed yourself system-wide through a package manager, for example with sudo pip install safeeyes.

    Note that installing modules using pip in user mode (without sudo), installs packages into ~/.local/lib/python3.6/site-packages, for instance: pip install safeeyes

    Also, check the Linux filesystem hierarchy.

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