Where are the files downloaded using pip stored in virtualenv?

Question

I am on linux mint 12. I have created a virtualenv called userena. and then i installed django-userena using pip in that virtualenv. I need to edit some django-usrena files. Where are they located?

Answer 1

To see where your virtualenv files are, enable it and issue the following bash command:

$ echo $VIRTUAL_ENV

Similar to your system's Python installation, the packages are stored inside lib/python2.*/site-packages/ directory. Find your package in there and edit the necessary files.

Answer 2

You need to know the path to env userena, firstly. Then the installed app usually is in path_to_userena/lib/python2.x/site-packages/. Django apps normally does not contain prefix django-, thus userena here.

Or you could find it in Python by

import os.path, userena
os.path.dirname(userena.__file__)