Entries from March 2008 ↓

Finding Python site-packages

Quick way to locate the Python site-packages directory:

python -c "from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib; print get_python_lib()"

Most likely here on Mac OS X:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/lib/python2.5/site-packages

A Brief Introduction to Buildout

The buildout project is a tool for developing, packaging, and deploying Python applications.

Brandon Craig Rhodes released an excellent screencast on buildout from his presentation at PyAtl.