Python PIP install path what is the correct location for this and other addons

Question

I have recently had a few problems with my Python installation and as a result I have just reinstalled python and am trying to get all my addons working correctly as well  I   m going to look at virtualenv after to see if I can prevent this from happening again    When I type which python into terminal I now get    Library Frameworks Python framework Versions 2 7 bin python   I understand this to be the correct location and now want to get all the rest of my addons installed correctly as well    However after installing pip via sudo easy install pip and type which pip i get   usr local bin pip   Is this correct  I would have thought it should reflect the below   Library Python 2 7 site-packages    There is a folder in here called pip-1 4-py2 7 egg which was not there prior to instillation but the above path does not give me any confidence   Where should pip and my other addons such as Distribute  Flask and Boto be installed if I want to set this up correctly   Mac OSX 10 7  Python 2 7

User · Accepted Answer

Since pip is an executable and which returns path of executables or filenames in environment  It is correct  Pip module is installed in site-packages but the executable is installed in bin

User · Answer

Modules go in site-packages and executables go in your system s executable path  For your environment  this path is  usr local bin    To avoid having to deal with this  simply use easy install  distribute or pip  These tools know which files need to go where

User · Answer

Also  when you uninstall the package  the first item listed is the directory to the executable

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