Have you ever wished you could edit Python packages installed locally without reinstalling them? Editable installs are the ...

It comes pre-installed in the majority of the Python versions such as Python 3.4 and later & Python 2.7.9 and later. So, if someday, you want to uninstall the Python package and its dependencies ...

A case of mistaken identity. The problem is that packages in the standard Python library should originate only from their official source, rather than being downloaded from third-party ...

If you've read a fair amount of Python code, then you've probably seen this "__init__.py" file pop up quite a few times. It's ...

Package installers and management tools — pip in the case of Python — have their own internal package selection logic when faced with two packages of the same name from two different defined ...

When a Python package is installed by a developer, PIP – Python’s package manager – tries to collect and process the metadata of the package, such as its version and the dependencies it ...

The Python Package Index shows that there are around 600,000 different pieces of software currently available to download—more than 25 times the number available for R—which can do ...

Thousands of applications that have taken advantage of open source Python Package Index (PyPI) software packages may be at risk of hijacking and subversion by malicious actors, opening up the ...