ins ta lling third-pa module many developers have written their own modulesextending python' capabilities beyond what is provided by the standard library of modules packaged with python the primary way to install third-party modules is to use python' pip tool this tool securely downloads and installs python modules onto your computer from the website of the python software foundation pypior the python package indexis sort of free app store for python modules the pip tool while pip comes automatically installed with python and later on windows and macosyou may have to install it separately on linux you can see whether pip is already installed on linux by running which pip in terminal window if it' installedyou'll see the location of pip displayed otherwisenothing will display to install pip on ubuntu or debian linux