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How to globally modify the default PYTHONPATH (sys.path)?
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On a Ubuntu (10.10) system, I have a Python package that installs itself into . This isn't contained in the default path (sys.path). How do I add this directory to the path? Setting the environment variable is a solution, of course, but I'm looking for a more elegant way to do this. For example als…
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['', '/usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/keyring-0.5.1-py2.6.egg', '/usr/lib/python2.6', '/usr/lib/python2.6/plat-linux2', '/usr/lib/python2.6/l…
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The site module documentation and Modifying Python's Search Path seem to be what you're looking for. As far as I understand it, those entries are being added to by: (Change 2.6 to your version of Python.) The easiest way to change it is to add a fil…
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