Issue with installing pyCrypto (2024)

FAQs

Is PyCrypto deprecated? ›

PyCrypto 2. x is unmaintained, obsolete, and contains security vulnerabilities.

** The developers don't react to issues on the issue tracker anymore. This means PyCrypto is *de facto* dead.

PyCrypto is written and tested using Python version 2.1 through 3.3. Python 1.5. 2 is not supported. The modules are packaged using the Distutils, so you can simply run “python setup.py build” to build the package, and “python setup.py install” to install it.

It looks like PyCrypto is no longer maintained because it's for Python 2, which reached the end of its life a while back, and that you should try PyCryptodome instead.

It's the same code, just different names. pycryptodome has some association to pyCrypto and can be considered a drop in replacement when migrating from PyCrypto to PyCryptodome.

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Languages that may one day replace Python

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The python package pycryptodome was scanned for known vulnerabilities and missing license, and no issues were found. Thus the package was deemed as safe to use.

Is pycrypto safe to use? Security issues were found while scanning the latest version of pycrypto, and a total of 2 vulnerabilities were detected. It is highly advised to conduct a security review before using this package.

No, cryptocurrency is not dead today. While it faces challenges and fluctuations like any emerging technology or financial asset, cryptocurrency continues to be actively traded, invested in, and developed upon. Its future remains uncertain, but it remains a significant player in the financial landscape.

Is psycopg2 deprecated? ›

From the Django release notes: "Support for psycopg2 is likely to be deprecated and removed at some point in the future. Be aware that psycopg 3 introduces some breaking changes over psycopg2. As a consequence, you may need to make some changes to account for differences from psycopg2."

In the last few years, the Python community has made great progress on standard time zone support. This is also something that Django has recognized and adopted during the major version 4.0 by deprecating the pytz library.

This CVE, combined with the inadequate key size of 3DES, led to NIST deprecating 3DES in 2019 and disallowing all uses (except processing already encrypted data) by the end of 2023. It has been replaced with the more secure, more robust AES.

PyCryptodome is a Python library that provides cryptographic functions. It is a fork of the PyCrypto library, which is no longer actively maintained. PyCryptodome offers many advanced features and enhancements over PyCrypto, making it a popular choice for developers who require strong encryption for their applications.