# PEP 582 - Python local packages directory

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-582-python-local-packages-directory/963>\
**Category:** Packaging\
**Created:** [March 1, 2019, 1:52am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-582-python-local-packages-directory/963 "2019-03-01T01:52:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 17, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-582-python-local-packages-directory/963/248 "2023-01-17T00:08:49Z")

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FWIW, I’ve created [PEP 704](https://discuss.python.org/t/22846) as an alternative to this PEP, which I will withdraw should this PEP get accepted. It is intended to resolve the same concerns, albeit with a different approach: requiring virtual environments for `pip install` (and equivalents) and establishing a conventional name for virtual environments.

Personally, I’m ambivalent on which approach is picked between PEP 582 or that proposed PEP. 🙂

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