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Only remove .pydistutils.cfg option, not command line

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@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ Similarly, Pip can be used to upgrade itself via:
The normal `pip install --user` is disabled for brewed Python. This is because of a bug in distutils, because Homebrew writes a `distutils.cfg` which sets the package `prefix`. The normal `pip install --user` is disabled for brewed Python. This is because of a bug in distutils, because Homebrew writes a `distutils.cfg` which sets the package `prefix`.
A possible workaround (which puts executable scripts in `~/Library/Python/<X>.<Y>/bin`) is:
pip install --user --install-option="--prefix=" <package-name>
## `site-packages` and the `PYTHONPATH` ## `site-packages` and the `PYTHONPATH`
The `site-packages` is a directory that contains Python modules (especially bindings installed by other formulae). Homebrew creates it here: The `site-packages` is a directory that contains Python modules (especially bindings installed by other formulae). Homebrew creates it here: