Where do packages go if you use python easy_install?

[Cowloon]

Can I install packages with easy_install without stepping on the debian package manager's files?

[dholbach]

What is easy_install? Do you have any more information about it?

[lmarinko]

http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall

and

http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools