I'm using Ubuntu and noticed these two directories:
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
Which one should be used for installing Python packages?
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Ubuntu packages in .deb format should use
/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
Files you install outside the package management, i.e. files dpkg is unaware of, should go into
/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages
Se also the file system hierarchy standard.
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@Bertrand: "Should", if you care about standards conformance. – Sven Marnach Mar 15 '11 at 17:42