Installing Python 3.12 packages is not populating the "site-packages" folder. Why not?

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Issue

On a couple of instances running RHEL, I'm trying to install Python 3.12 packages as the root user, but the /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages directory isn't being populated. Why not? I use the syntax below:

bash$ sudo python3.12 -m pip install <package-name>

After installing the packages, I run python3.12 -m pip list and they all show up, but not under the site-packages folder. What am I missing?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
    • Release 8
    • Release 9
    • Release 10

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