Take the 2-minute tour ×  Is there any way to force python
module to be installed in the following directory?
/usr/lib/python2.7  share|improve this question add comment  2
Answers  This is kind of a non-answer, but are you able to use
virtualenv?   It makes dealing with multiple versions of Python
and library management amazingly easy. And it's simple to use
once you get used to it.  You can create a Python 2.7 virtualenv
and pip/easy_install will automatically install modules to it.
share|improve this answer thanks, but, let me change the
question: how to make sure that a module (e.g.
bitbucket.org/spirit/guess_language) that is supposed to be
installed already, is properly installed? This is a very general
question, I know, but the thing is, that I am really struggling
make it work... –  eualin Nov 25 '12 at 19:35 The easiest way I
know is to run the python shell (usually just "python" at a
command prompt) and try importing the module with "import
guess_language". If you get an ImportError, it's not insta