[Tutor] Module Files Placement?

[Sean 'Shaleh' Perry]

On 17-Dec-2001 Curtis Larsen wrote:
> What is the accepted standard on adding third-party modules to your
> Python installation?  (Where do you put the files?)  Even though pretty
> much anywhere in PYTHONPATH would work, there has to be a system of some
> kind (a "/usr/local/bin" if you will) to keep them accessible, yet
> separate -- including all the extra modules THEY would in turn call.
> 
> I know this has probably been covered Elsewhere, but I can't remember
> how it was done.  Please point me in the right direction, or just
> explain what works for you.
> 
> 

this is referred to as site-packages.