Sorry for late reply. The python module contains binary. architecture-dependent code and can for that reason not be installed in /usr/lib/python3/ due to overall multi-arch requirements.
That said, the official Debian documents I find are not explicit on how to install these kind of modules. Sending a message to debian-devel in an attempt to get this sorted out. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to lirc in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1843988 Title: python library installed into site-packages instead of into dist- packages Status in lirc package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: The lirc package comes with python libraries and it installs the libraries into /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/python3.6/site-packages This results in the libraries not being found by system python. From what I read in https://wiki.debian.org/Python they should instead be installed into /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages Release: 18.04 Package: lirc Version: 0.10.0-2 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: lirc 0.10.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-62.69-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-62-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Sat Sep 14 12:41:30 2019 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-28 (1842 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.1) SourcePackage: lirc UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-14 (395 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lirc/+bug/1843988/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
