What is site-packages?

[Hussein B]

Hey,
What is /usr/lib/pythonx.y/site-packages folder and for what it is
used usually?
Thanks.

 

[Chris Rebert]

Hey,
What is /usr/lib/pythonx.y/site-packages folder and for what it is
used usually?

I believe it's where third-party libraries are typically installed to.

Cheers,
Chris

 

[Hussein B]

I believe it's where third-party libraries are typically installed to.

Cheers,
Chris

You mean like MoinMoin, Django or Pylons for example?

 

[Tim Roberts]

You mean like MoinMoin, Django or Pylons for example?

It means any package that should be available to Python programs that is
not part of the standard Python library.