Why did pip install a package into ~/.local/bin?

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                          When I install this "Taurus Blazemeter 'bzt'" program with pip, it ends up being installed into ~/.local/bin  folder.  

    mkdir ~/bzt && cd ~/bzt
    sudo apt-get install python default-jre-headless python-tk python-pip python-dev libxml2-dev libxslt-dev zlib1g-dev
    sudo pip install bzt

Does anyone  know what use this ~/.local folder is for and why a Python program like this one would install there?

Asked by djangofan (4267 rep)

Oct 31, 2015, 11:51 PM
Last activity: Apr 27, 2019, 03:53 PM

Why did pip install a package into ~/.local/bin?

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