Public bug reported:

python-libcec installs to /usr/lib/python2.7.15rc1/dist-packages.
It should be /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages.
The latter is on python's default import search path, the former is not.

    $ lsb_release -rd
    Description:        Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
    Release:    18.04

    $ apt-cache policy python-libcec
    python-libcec:
      Installed: 4.0.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1.1
      Candidate: 4.0.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1.1
      Version table:
     *** 4.0.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1.1 500
            500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe 
amd64 Packages
            100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
         4.0.2+dfsg1-2ubuntu1 500
            500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 
Packages

    $ dpkg -L python-libcec
    [...]
    /usr/lib/python2.7.15rc1/dist-packages/cec
    /usr/lib/python2.7.15rc1/dist-packages/cec/__init__.py
    /usr/lib/python2.7.15rc1/dist-packages/cec/_cec.so

    $ python
    >>> import cec
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
    ImportError: No module named cec
    >>> import sys; print sys.path
    ['', '/usr/lib/python2.7', '/usr/lib/python2.7/plat-x86_64-linux-gnu', 
'/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-tk', '/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-old', 
'/usr/lib/python2.7/lib-dynload', '/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages', 
'/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages']


This is the only thing installed in /usr/lib/python2.7.15rc1:

    $ ls /usr/lib/python2.7.15rc1/dist-packages/
    cec/

** Affects: libcec (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  python-libcec installs to /usr/lib/python2.7.15rc1/dist-packages which
  isn't on python import path

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