dist-packages is a Debian-specific convention that is also present in its derivatives, like Ubuntu. Modules are installed to dist-packages when they come from the Debian package manager into this location: /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages Since easy_install and pip are installed from the package manager, they also use dist-packages, but they put packages here: /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages From the Debian Python … Read more
In shell, run: pip install Pillow Attention: PIL is deprecated, and pillow is the successor.
pip freeze will output a list of installed packages and their versions. It also allows you to write those packages to a file that can later be used to set up a new environment. https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/reference/pip_freeze/#pip-freeze
Since you’re on Ubuntu, don’t bother with those source packages. Just install those development packages using apt-get. apt-get install libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev python-dev If you’re happy with a possibly older version of lxml altogether though, you could try apt-get install python-lxml and be done with it. 🙂
pip, an alternative to setuptools/easy_install, provides an “uninstall” command. Install pip according to the installation instructions: $ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py $ python get-pip.py Then you can use pip uninstall to remove packages installed with easy_install
From Ian Bicking’s own introduction to pip: pip was originally written to improve on easy_install in the following ways All packages are downloaded before installation. Partially-completed installation doesn’t occur as a result. Care is taken to present useful output on the console. The reasons for actions are kept track of. For instance, if a package … Read more