Jan-28-2020, 01:24 PM
(This post was last modified: Jan-28-2020, 01:24 PM by gruntfutuk.)
You have a choice of any package being installed in the default directory, or creating a Python virtual environment using the
So on Windows, we usually start Python using the
Packages will typically install in
You can check where pip has installed packages to using:
venv
command. The latter option is generally preferred to avoid polluting your base environment with packages that are specific to particular projects (and different projects are likely to need different packages, some of which might conflict with each other).So on Windows, we usually start Python using the
py
command on the command or powershell line, and you'd invoke a command like venv
or pip
using the -m
option.Packages will typically install in
<virtualenv_name>/lib/<python_ver>/site-packages
when you have a virtual environment.You can check where pip has installed packages to using:
pip list -v
or py -m pip list -v
I am trying to help you, really, even if it doesn't always seem that way