Install a Python package into a different directory using pip?

Question

I know the obvious answer is to use virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper, but for various reasons, I can't,/don't want to do that.

So how do I modify the command

pip install package_name

to make pip install the package somewhere other than the default site-packages?

Answer 1

There are many ways to install a Python package into a different directory using pip some of them are as follows:-

You can use the below-mentioned command for installing a Python package into a different directory:-

pip install --target=d:\somewhere\other\than\the\default package_name

Another way you can use for installing a Python package into a directory is:

pip install --install-option="--prefix=$PREFIX_PATH" package_name

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Answer 2

You can install a Python package in another directory by specifying the target installation path by using pip and the --target option. Here's how you do it:

• Open your terminal or command prompt.
• Run the pip install command with the --target option. Replace your_package with the name of the package you want to install and path/to/directory with the installation path you have selected:

pip install your_package --target path/to/directory

For using the Installed Package:
You must now let Python find the package once installed into a different directory. One way to do that is to add the directory in question to your PYTHONPATH environment variable. You may also modify your script so it looks like this:

import sys
sys.path.append('path/to/directory')
import requests # Now you can use the package