Python: Where has pip installed that package?

To locate a package installed using pip the show command can be used.

pip show

The show command displays useful information about the package, amongst which is the location or path to where the package was installed.

The format of the command is:

pip show package_name

To find where pip installed the requests package, at the terminal or command prompt type:

pip show requests

The location information is shown framed by the red border:

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