Re: /usr/lib vs /usr/lib64

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online.service.com@xxxxxxxxx  wrote:
> It seems i have two python2.6 folders located in /usr/lib vs
> /usr/lib64  respectively.  Most python stuff (source) is in
> /usr/lib64/python2.6 but when in installed packages they have been
> put into /usr/lib/python2.6

Architecture-dependent python modules go in /usr/lib64/python*, while
architecture-independent modules go in /usr/lib/python*.  Python's
module path checks both for modules when importing.

> How the system decides which directory to go when python is
> requested, and how it finds the packaged i installed?

Properly packaged modules in Fedora use get_python_lib() from
distutils.sysconfig.

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