I'm on OS X and my Pip installs to
/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages
I would like my pip to install to:
/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
How could I achieve this? I haven't found a way yet
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1Windows or mac? – Michael Silverstein Dec 14 '16 at 03:22
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OS X, updating the answer now – Anthony Dec 14 '16 at 03:23
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1Possible duplicate of [How do I change the default directory that pip installs to?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12595778/how-do-i-change-the-default-directory-that-pip-installs-to) – Giacomo1968 Dec 14 '16 at 03:24
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use [virtualenv](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/) – intelis Dec 14 '16 at 03:41
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pip has an option for target directory --target, when installing package use
pip install --target=/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages package_name
to install to your target directory.
if target option not available, check
pipversion & for possible upgrade or as mentioned in comments the error may be related to OSX/Homebrew install, check here for details.
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`$ pip install --target=/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages pydub` returns as `DistutilsOptionError: must supply either home or prefix/exec-prefix -- not both` – Anthony Dec 14 '16 at 03:37
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