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:mod:`site` --- Site-specific configuration hook
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.. module:: site
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:synopsis: Module responsible for site-specific configuration.
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**Source code:** :source:`Lib/site.py`
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.. highlightlang:: none
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**This module is automatically imported during initialization.** The automatic
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import can be suppressed using the interpreter's :option:`-S` option.
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.. index:: triple: module; search; path
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Importing this module will append site-specific paths to the module search path
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and add a few builtins.
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.. index::
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pair: site-python; directory
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pair: site-packages; directory
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It starts by constructing up to four directories from a head and a tail part.
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For the head part, it uses ``sys.prefix`` and ``sys.exec_prefix``; empty heads
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are skipped. For the tail part, it uses the empty string and then
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:file:`lib/site-packages` (on Windows) or
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:file:`lib/python{X.Y}/site-packages` and then :file:`lib/site-python` (on
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Unix and Macintosh). For each of the distinct head-tail combinations, it sees
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if it refers to an existing directory, and if so, adds it to ``sys.path`` and
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also inspects the newly added path for configuration files.
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A path configuration file is a file whose name has the form :file:`{name}.pth`
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and exists in one of the four directories mentioned above; its contents are
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additional items (one per line) to be added to ``sys.path``. Non-existing items
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are never added to ``sys.path``, and no check is made that the item refers to a
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directory rather than a file. No item is added to ``sys.path`` more than
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once. Blank lines and lines beginning with ``#`` are skipped. Lines starting
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with ``import`` (followed by space or tab) are executed.
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.. versionchanged:: 2.6
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A space or tab is now required after the import keyword.
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.. index::
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single: package
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triple: path; configuration; file
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For example, suppose ``sys.prefix`` and ``sys.exec_prefix`` are set to
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:file:`/usr/local`. The Python X.Y library is then installed in
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:file:`/usr/local/lib/python{X.Y}`. Suppose this has
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a subdirectory :file:`/usr/local/lib/python{X.Y}/site-packages` with three
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subsubdirectories, :file:`foo`, :file:`bar` and :file:`spam`, and two path
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configuration files, :file:`foo.pth` and :file:`bar.pth`. Assume
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:file:`foo.pth` contains the following::
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# foo package configuration
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foo
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bar
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bletch
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and :file:`bar.pth` contains::
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# bar package configuration
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bar
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Then the following version-specific directories are added to
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``sys.path``, in this order::
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/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/bar
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/usr/local/lib/pythonX.Y/site-packages/foo
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Note that :file:`bletch` is omitted because it doesn't exist; the :file:`bar`
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directory precedes the :file:`foo` directory because :file:`bar.pth` comes
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alphabetically before :file:`foo.pth`; and :file:`spam` is omitted because it is
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not mentioned in either path configuration file.
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.. index:: module: sitecustomize
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After these path manipulations, an attempt is made to import a module named
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:mod:`sitecustomize`, which can perform arbitrary site-specific customizations.
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It is typically created by a system administrator in the site-packages
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directory. If this import fails with an :exc:`ImportError` exception, it is
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silently ignored. If Python is started without output streams available, as
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with :file:`pythonw.exe` on Windows (which is used by default to start IDLE),
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attempted output from :mod:`sitecustomize` is ignored. Any exception other
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than :exc:`ImportError` causes a silent and perhaps mysterious failure of the
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process.
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.. index:: module: usercustomize
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After this, an attempt is made to import a module named :mod:`usercustomize`,
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which can perform arbitrary user-specific customizations, if
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:data:`ENABLE_USER_SITE` is true. This file is intended to be created in the
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user site-packages directory (see below), which is part of ``sys.path`` unless
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disabled by :option:`-s`. An :exc:`ImportError` will be silently ignored.
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Note that for some non-Unix systems, ``sys.prefix`` and ``sys.exec_prefix`` are
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empty, and the path manipulations are skipped; however the import of
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:mod:`sitecustomize` and :mod:`usercustomize` is still attempted.
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.. data:: PREFIXES
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A list of prefixes for site-packages directories.
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.. versionadded:: 2.6
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.. data:: ENABLE_USER_SITE
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Flag showing the status of the user site-packages directory. ``True`` means
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that it is enabled and was added to ``sys.path``. ``False`` means that it
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was disabled by user request (with :option:`-s` or
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:envvar:`PYTHONNOUSERSITE`). ``None`` means it was disabled for security
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reasons (mismatch between user or group id and effective id) or by an
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administrator.
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.. versionadded:: 2.6
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.. data:: USER_SITE
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Path to the user site-packages for the running Python. Can be ``None`` if
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:func:`getusersitepackages` hasn't been called yet. Default value is
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:file:`~/.local/lib/python{X.Y}/site-packages` for UNIX and non-framework Mac
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OS X builds, :file:`~/Library/Python/{X.Y}/lib/python/site-packages` for Mac
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framework builds, and :file:`{%APPDATA%}\\Python\\Python{XY}\\site-packages`
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on Windows. This directory is a site directory, which means that
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:file:`.pth` files in it will be processed.
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.. versionadded:: 2.6
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.. data:: USER_BASE
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Path to the base directory for the user site-packages. Can be ``None`` if
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:func:`getuserbase` hasn't been called yet. Default value is
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:file:`~/.local` for UNIX and Mac OS X non-framework builds,
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:file:`~/Library/Python/{X.Y}` for Mac framework builds, and
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:file:`{%APPDATA%}\\Python` for Windows. This value is used by Distutils to
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compute the installation directories for scripts, data files, Python modules,
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etc. for the :ref:`user installation scheme <inst-alt-install-user>`. See
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also :envvar:`PYTHONUSERBASE`.
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.. versionadded:: 2.6
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.. function:: addsitedir(sitedir, known_paths=None)
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Add a directory to sys.path and process its :file:`.pth` files. Typically
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used in :mod:`sitecustomize` or :mod:`usercustomize` (see above).
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.. function:: getsitepackages()
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Return a list containing all global site-packages directories (and possibly
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site-python).
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.. versionadded:: 2.7
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.. function:: getuserbase()
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Return the path of the user base directory, :data:`USER_BASE`. If it is not
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initialized yet, this function will also set it, respecting
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:envvar:`PYTHONUSERBASE`.
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.. versionadded:: 2.7
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.. function:: getusersitepackages()
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Return the path of the user-specific site-packages directory,
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:data:`USER_SITE`. If it is not initialized yet, this function will also set
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it, respecting :envvar:`PYTHONNOUSERSITE` and :data:`USER_BASE`.
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.. versionadded:: 2.7
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The :mod:`site` module also provides a way to get the user directories from the
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command line:
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.. code-block:: sh
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$ python -m site --user-site
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/home/user/.local/lib/python2.7/site-packages
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.. program:: site
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If it is called without arguments, it will print the contents of
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:data:`sys.path` on the standard output, followed by the value of
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:data:`USER_BASE` and whether the directory exists, then the same thing for
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:data:`USER_SITE`, and finally the value of :data:`ENABLE_USER_SITE`.
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.. cmdoption:: --user-base
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Print the path to the user base directory.
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.. cmdoption:: --user-site
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Print the path to the user site-packages directory.
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If both options are given, user base and user site will be printed (always in
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this order), separated by :data:`os.pathsep`.
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If any option is given, the script will exit with one of these values: ``O`` if
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the user site-packages directory is enabled, ``1`` if it was disabled by the
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user, ``2`` if it is disabled for security reasons or by an administrator, and a
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value greater than 2 if there is an error.
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.. seealso::
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:pep:`370` -- Per user site-packages directory
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