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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.

xkcd - Python

xkcd - Python

Python 3.0

Python 3.0a1 is available for download.


$ python3.0
Python 3.0a1 (py3k, Sep 1 2007, 00:29:23)
[GCC 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 4061)] on darwin
Type “help”, “copyright”, “credits” or “license” for more information.
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