---
id: azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg
version: "3.0.1"
license: MIT License
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg — Microsoft Azure Data Lake Management Namespace Package [Internal]

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 8.1M/mo

## What it is and what it does

This is a namespace package that enables the Azure SDK for Python to organize Data Lake management libraries under a shared azure.mgmt.datalake namespace. It is not meant to be installed directly by end users, but rather as a dependency of other Azure management packages that need to extend that namespace.

Since version 3.0, the package uses Python 2 for the primary implementation and PEP 420 implicit namespace packages for Python 3, avoiding conflicts with package servers that don't support python_requires. The package is minimal infrastructure—it provides the necessary files to allow other packages to coexist in the same namespace without collisions.

Use it for:

- Installed as a transitive dependency when installing Azure Data Lake management client libraries
- Enabling multiple Azure management packages to share the azure.mgmt.datalake namespace without conflicts
- Supporting legacy Python 2.7 environments that require explicit namespace package setup

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Provides namespace package infrastructure for Azure Data Lake management libraries, allowing other packages to extend the azure.mgmt.datalake namespace.

No—do not install this directly. It is internal infrastructure meant only as a transitive dependency of Azure Data Lake management packages. If you need Azure Data Lake functionality, install the specific client library that depends on it.

## Install

pip install azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg
uv add azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg
poetry add azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg

## Installing azure-mgmt-datalake-nspkg

Before you install: Low install friction with a single runtime dependency (azure-mgmt-nspkg). The package is actively maintained with recent repository activity, though the last release was in 2018.

License in practice: MIT License permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions, making it safe for most projects.

Quickstart:

# This package is not meant for direct installation.
# It is installed as a transitive dependency:
# pip install azure-mgmt-datalake
# Then imported indirectly through Azure management packages.

This package is internal infrastructure and should not be installed directly by end users.

Verify before relying:

- Whether this package is still required for modern Azure SDK installations given the shift to PEP 420 namespace packages
- Current compatibility with Python versions beyond 3.7 despite classifier claims

## Package facts

- License: MIT License (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 8.1M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

azure namespace package, azure data lake management, azure sdk namespace, python namespace package, azure mgmt nspkg, azure sdk infrastructure, azure-sdk, namespace-package

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