The path where python expects it's libraries seems to change from
operating system to operating system, but can be querried from the site
package.
PYTHON_CONFIG := $(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)-config
endif
-PYTHON_PREFIX := $(shell $(PYTHON_CONFIG) --prefix)
-PYTHON_DESTDIR := $(PYTHON_PREFIX)/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/site-packages
+PYTHON_DESTDIR := $(shell $(PYTHON_EXECUTABLE) -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[-1]);")
# Reload Makefile.conf to override python specific variables if defined
ifneq ($(wildcard Makefile.conf),)