How to install a module for all users with pip on linux?

Question

How to install a package in the standard python environment i.e. /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages using pip and make this new packag

Answer 1

With Ubuntu 18.04, using the command sudo pip install stuff-name does not suffice, in my case, in order to install the modules in the global path (it keeps looking at the local-user python path).

Solution in my case

I have changed to the root user, and changed directory to its home. Then pip installation worked like expected and installs modules in the global path.

In detail I followed the nowox answer with a minor change (sudo su, changes to the root user), also see final note about umask 022:

sudo su
cd ~
umask 022
pip install what-you-like

Note: umask 022 command/row could be optional..., usually umask is already 022, that is the default one.