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Do not recommend pip install --prefix=<empty> hack, this breaks default pip command #821

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5 changes: 0 additions & 5 deletions docs/Homebrew-and-Python.md
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Expand Up @@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ A possible workaround (which puts executable scripts in `~/Library/Python/<X>.<Y

pip install --user --install-option="--prefix=" <package-name>

You can make this "empty prefix" the default by adding a `~/.pydistutils.cfg` file with the following contents:

[install]
prefix=

## `site-packages` and the `PYTHONPATH`

The `site-packages` is a directory that contains Python modules (especially bindings installed by other formulae). Homebrew creates it here:
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