Where are the python modules stored

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I have recently started learning Python and I have 2 questions relating to modules    Is there a way to obtain a list of Python modules available  i e  installed  on a machine  I am using Ubuntu Karmic and Synaptic for package management  I have just installed a python module Where is the module code actually stored on my machine   is there a default  recommended  location that modules are stored

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On Windows machine python modules are located at  system drive and python version may vary    C  Users Administrator AppData Local Programs Python Python38 Lib

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Is there a way to obtain a list of Python modules available  i e  installed  on a machine    This works for me  help  modules      Where is the module code actually stored on my machine    Usually in  lib site-packages in your Python folder   At least  on Windows   You can use sys path to find out what directories are searched for modules

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If you are using conda or pip to install modules you can use   pip list   or   conda list   to display all the modules  This will display all the modules in the terminal itself and is much faster than    gt  gt  gt  help  modules

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1  Using the help function  Get into the python prompt and type the following command    gt  gt  gt help  modules     This will list all the modules installed in the system  You don t need to install any additional packages to list them  but you need to manually search or filter the required module from the list   2  Using pip freeze  sudo apt-get install python-pip pip freeze   Even though you need to install additional packages to use this  this method allows you to easily search or filter the result with grep command  e g  pip freeze   grep feed   You can use whichever method is convenient for you

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On python command line  first import that module for which you need location   import module name   Then type   print module name   file      For example to find out  pygal  location   import pygal print pygal   file      Output    anaconda3 lib python3 7 site-packages pygal   init   py

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You can find module code by first listing the modules   help  modules     This spits out a list of modules Python can import  At the bottom of this list is a phrase      Enter any module name to get more help   Or  type  modules spam  to   search for modules whose name or summary contain the string  spam     To find module location   help  module Name     for example   help  signal     A lot of information here  Scroll to the bottom to find its location   usr lib python3 5 signal py   Copy link  To see code  after exiting Python REPL   nano  usr lib python3 5 signal py

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You can iterate through directories listed in sys path to find all modules  except builtin ones   It ll probably be somewhere around  usr lib pythonX X site-packages  again  see sys path   And consider using native Python package management  via pip or easy install  plus yolk  instead  packages in Linux distros-maintained repositories tend to be outdated

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