e.g., how can I find out that the executable has been installed in “/usr/bin/python” and the library files in “/usr/lib/python2.6”?
e.g., how can I find out that the executable has been installed in /usr/bin/python
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e.g., how can I find out that the executable has been installed in “/usr/bin/python” and the library files in “/usr/lib/python2.6”?
distutils.sysconfig is the module that “provides access to Python’s low-level configuration information”. The get_python_lib function, in particular, gives “the directory for either the general or platform-dependent library installation”, depending on its arguments.
However,
sys.executableis not exposed by saidsysconfigmodule — it’s only in thesysmodule.