Get current Python $base/bin ($base/Scripts) directory path

Question

Is it somehow possible to programatically get the bin / Scripts directory path related to the current runtime environment? It's typically /usr/lib/pythonX.Y/bin (or C:\\PythonXY\\Scripts ), but it can be different in eg virtual environments.

I'm aware of the constants in distutils.command.install , but I hope there is an easier way to get the path.

Answer 1

the virtual environment path is stored in the $VIRTUAL_ENV environment variable.

$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/Scripts

will give you what you want if you have a virtual environment loaded. you can check to see if that virtual environment is set, and if not, fall back on the system runtime directory:

if [ -z "$VARIABLE" ]
then
  dir=$VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/Scripts
else
  dir=/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/bin/Scripts
fi

another thing you can try is to extrapolate the runtime directory from the output of the command 'which python', which would give you something like this:

$(which python | cut -d "'" -f 3 | sed 's/python$//')"Scripts"