How to install python package in a specific directory

Question

I\'m developing a twitter app on google appengine - for that I want to use the Twython library. I tried installing it using pip - but it either installs it in the main python di

Answer 1

If you're installing a package using pip, try this:

Install a Python package into a different directory using pip?

I personally needed libraries that I was just using out of git repos. I just symlinked those libraries instead of installing them. But in that case, I had to manually symlink all the dependencies too.