Where shall I put my self-written Python packages? -


is there canonical location put self-written packages? own search yielded blog post where put version-independent pure python packages , so question canonical location under linux, while working on windows.

my use case able import own packages during ipython session site-package, no matter in working directory started session. in matlab, corresponding folder example c:/users/ojdo/documents/matlab.

import mypackage mp mp.awesomefunction() ... 

thanks two additional links, found not intended answer question, solution more , - ironically - explained in first search result, obfuscated version-(in)dependent site-package lingo.

answer original question

i wanted know if there canonical (as in "default") location self-written packages. , exists:

>>> import site >>> site.user_site 'c:\\users\\ojdo\\appdata\\roaming\\python\\python27\\site-packages' 

the docs on user scheme package installation state folder - if exists - automatically added sys.path.

custom directory own packages

  1. create directory anywhere, e.g. c:\users\ojdo\documents\python\libs.
  2. add file sitecustomize.py site-packages folder of python installation, i.e. in c:\python27\lib\site-packages (for users) or site.user_site (for single user).
  3. this file filled following code:

    import site site.addsitedir(r'c:\users\ojdo\any\folder\you\like\libs') 
  4. voilĂ , new directory automatically added sys.path in every (i)python session.

how works: package site, automatically imported during every start of python, tries import package sitecustomize custom package path modifications. in case, dummy package consists of script adds personal package folder python path.


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