# python-igraph is now simply igraph on PyPI

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**Created:** [29 October 2021 12:11 UTC](https://igraph.discourse.group/t/python-igraph-is-now-simply-igraph-on-pypi/941 "2021-10-29T12:11:59Z")\
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[python-igraph](https://igraph.org/python/) 0.9.8, the sixth bugfix release of the 0.9 series, has arrived.

The only significant change in this release is that the Python interface of igraph has been renamed from `python-igraph` to `igraph` on PyPI. We are very grateful to [Patrick Fuller](https://github.com/patrickfuller), the previous owner of the `igraph` package on PyPI for giving up the ownership of `igraph` and letting us use the name instead.

The preferred way of installing the Python interface is still via `pip`; typing `pip install igraph` should install a pre-compiled Python wheel on most supported platforms (Windows, Linux and macOS). The pre-compiled wheels and the source code are also available from the [Python Package Index  
page](https://pypi.org/project/igraph/0.9.8/).

`python-igraph` will keep on working on PyPI until September 1, 2022, but it is now only a stub package that depends on `igraph`. Running `pip install python-igraph` will in turn install the matching version of the [`igraph`](https://pypi.org/project/igraph) package from PyPI.

- **Projects listing `python-igraph` in their dependencies should migrate to using `igraph` as soon as possible** to keep on receiving updates after September 1, 2022.

- Maintainers who provide pre-packaged versions of `python-igraph` in Linux distributions should switch to following the [`igraph`](https://pypi.org/project/igraph) package on PyPI instead of `python-igraph`.