Xraylib installation - linux

I am a freshman to UBUNTU (Python 2.7 user), and faced a strange problem while installing python's xraylib library. The library is not provided in any official repository and the only possible way to install it is to unpack its '*tar.gz' file.
What I've done:
1) I downloaded the 'tar.gz' file to the '/Downloads' folder
2) Executed the following commands:
gunzip xraylib-version.tar.gz
tar xvf xraylib-version.tar
cd xraylib-version
./configure
sudo make install
I found the package has been installed in the 'usr/local/include' folder (not in the default usr/lib/python2.7). Therefore, in Spyder, I added this folder to the PYTHONPATH variable, and after writing 'import xraylib', I got the message:
"No module named xraylib"
Also, I found it is impossible to drag the xraylib folder to the usr/lib/python2.7 where all the python packages are stored.
Can anyone explain what is the best, and simplest way to install python modules from "tar.gz" files, so that the packages can end up in the default python packages folder?

Many thanks for Your answer!
I tried this way, but I found it failed.
1) I ran this "curl..." command
2) I went to the ../etc/apt/sources.list.d/ folder where I edited the sources.list file by adding (and saving) the lines:
'deb [arch=amd64] http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu xenial stable
deb-src http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu xenial stable'
3) I ran 'sudo apt-get update'
4) Finally, following to writing (I use UBUNTU 16.04):
'sudo apt-get install libxrl7 xraylib libxrl7-dev libxrlf03-7 libxrl-perl'
I got:
'Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libxrl7
E: Unable to locate package xraylib
E: Unable to locate package libxrl7-dev
E: Unable to locate package libxrlf03-7
E: Unable to locate package libxrl-perl'
Meaning, my system still couldn't locate the source.

The instructions are very clear at https://github.com/tschoonj/xraylib/wiki/Installation-instructions#debian-and-ubuntu
curl http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/xmi.packages.key | sudo apt-key add -
Next, add the package download location corresponding to your distribution to the /etc/apt/sources.list file (as root):
Ubuntu Precise 12.04:
deb [arch=amd64] http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu precise stable
deb-src http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu precise stable
Ubuntu Trusty 14.04:
deb [arch=amd64] http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu trusty stable
deb-src http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu trusty stable
Ubuntu Wily 15.10:
deb [arch=amd64] http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu wily stable
deb-src http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu wily stable
Ubuntu Xenial 16.04:
deb [arch=amd64] http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu xenial stable
deb-src http://lvserver.ugent.be/apt/ubuntu xenial stable
When the sources.list file contains the correct download locations, update the apt cache by running:
sudo apt-get update
After this, one can install xraylib by executing the following command:
sudo apt-get install libxrl7 xraylib libxrl7-dev libxrlf03-7 libxrl-perl

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