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 +==== Set Up Your Local Python Environment ====
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 +Use the below to install python libraries that “normally” would be installed in a system directory such as ''/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y''.  Use the ''<nowiki>--</nowiki>user'' flag with the ''pip'' tool to install to a directory you have control over as a user. Here are more details:
 +
 +  * ''<nowiki>--</nowiki>user'' installs in the directory specified in ''site.USER_SITE''
 +    * example: ''~/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages''
 +  * add this folder to your PATH (in ''~/.bash_profile'' file):
 +    * ''export PATH=$PATH:~/.local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages''
 +
 +Here is an example:
 +
 +//pip install <nowiki>--</nowiki>user mypackage//
 +
 +**An alternative to this is to use python virtual environments**
 +
 +Sources:
 +  * https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42988977/what-is-the-purpose-of-pip-install-user
 +  * https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#optionally-create-a-virtual-environment