this is by design. in python2.5, the directory /usr/local/lib/python2.5 /site-packages was the standard site-packages of an default local python installation (which goes into /usr/local). with the new behaviour, locally installed packages installed with the "system" python go into /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages.
If you do want to have the old behaviour, move all stuff in /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages to /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site- packages and make /usr/local/lib/python2.6/dist-packages a symlink to /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages. ** Changed in: python2.6 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Won't Fix -- /usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages is missing from sys.path https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/350016 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs