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In the main folder where Python is installed there are
Python26
-DLLs
-Doc
-include
-Lib
-libs
-Scripts
-tcl
-Tools
What is each of these supposed to be? Why is there libs and Libs? Why do some things go in Lib\site-packages like Django and others like sqlite3 in Lib? An explanation of how things are decided or a pointer to an article would be helpful if possible.
DLLs: contains the Dynamic Link Libraries (windows only) for python and its extensions. only important if you’re extending or embedding python
-Doc: Python documentation
-include: include files for extending python
-Lib: the python libraries (things like pickle, email, cgi, etc.)
-libs: Not quite sure about this one. I think it’s mostly the c/c++ parts of python extensions
-Scripts: Useful scripts (easy_install and the like)
-tcl: For the tkinter gui library
-Tools: More useful scripts.
The reason that sqlite3 is in Lib and django is in Lib/site-packages is that sqlite3 is a builtin module. Django, on the other hand, is a extension to python, installed separately from python.