diff --git a/scripts/pylibdir.py b/scripts/pylibdir.py
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+# Note #! intentionally left out.  This should be called with the version of 
+# python you care about.
+
+import sys
+print ("/usr/lib/python%s.%s/site-packages" % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1],))