Module Location

[asrekdal]

Hi,

I am new to python and am looking for the location of a script/module on my hardrive in order to the view the source. I have noticed alot of modules will be named as the import parameter plus the '.py' but in this case I cannot find a module under the name of the import param.

Any help would be great!

-- Andrew

[jlm699]

As long as everything was installed to the default location, most packages go to the Lib directory....

For example, I have Python 2.4, which is located under:
C:\Python24\

The packages are located under Lib and site-packages...

C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages

That's usually where most packages are installed. (in either Lib or site-packages under a directory named after the package)

[mysurface]

You should be able to get the path that contains all the libs and packages,

from distutils.sysconfig import get_python_lib;
print get_python_lib()

[bvdet]

Here's another way to find out where modules are:

>>> import sys
>>> print sys.path