$ python -c 'import sys; print(sys.path)' ['', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', '/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages'] $ pip --version pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages (python 2.7)