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

A threat actor has uploaded to the PyPI (Python Package Index) repository three malicious packages that carry code to drop info-stealing malware on developers' systems.

Python modules are typically installed using a package manager called 'pip', which launches a 'setup.py' file that is made available by the developer of the package for installation purposes.

It is Python’s package manager that allows you to install, upgrade, and manage Python libraries and packages easily. To install libraries, you need to run the following command.

Installing third-party Python package dependencies offline The most complex installations involve third-party dependencies that aren’t packaged as Python wheels.

Security firm Checkmarx found that one in three software packages from PyPI contains a flaw that can lead to malicious code being automatically installed. Many software packages from the Python ...

These packages had to be available for installing at runtime and had to contain information on the packages for the installer to read. Python doesn’t make handling dependencies easy.

The malicious package downloads an image from the Web, then uses a steganography module to extract and execute the code to download malware.

This Python install tutorial shows how to download and install Python 3.13 on a Windows 11 computer and run a Hello World Python program.