# What is the import name for passagemath-categories?

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I have installed [Client Challenge](https://pypi.org/project/passagemath-categories/) using pip, but I can’t figure out how to import into a python module.

```python
from WHAT_DO_I_PUT_HERE import Zmod

```

If my question reflects a failure to understand how this is to be used, I would appreciate some guidance.

## Irrelevant background

First of all, I really want to thank everyone involved in this effort to have pip installable modules for components of Sage. It really is exactly what I need.

In my particular case, I found that one of my methods (expecting a Python `int` was failing when the argument I passed to it was an instance of `<class 'sage.rings.finite_rings.integer_mod.IntegerMod_gmp'>`. The package I am developing doesn’t use SageMath, but I had called my thing from a Jupyter notebook that uses Sage.

I believe that I have fixed my code to behave correctly when passed a member of such a group, but I want to write a test for that. I really do not wish to make all of SageMath a dependency for my tests just for one little test function. All I need is `Zmod()`.

And this has led me to the difficulty I have described above.

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A quick way to import everything for interactive use that is provided by passagemath-categories, use `from sage.all__sagemath_categories import *`.

In the monolithic Sage, to find the correct specific import to use, you can type:

```auto
sage: import_statements('Zmod')
from sage.rings.finite_rings.integer_mod_ring import Zmod

```

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**Post date:** [December 8, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://passagemath.discourse.group/t/what-is-the-import-name-for-passagemath-categories/15/3 "2025-12-08T06:01:20Z")

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> [@mkoeppe](#):
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> A quick way to import everything for interactive use that is provided by passagemath-categories, use `from sage.all__sagemath_categories import *`.

Since [Release passagemath-10.6.37 · passagemath/passagemath · GitHub](https://github.com/passagemath/passagemath/releases/tag/passagemath-10.6.37), there is another way to do the same: `from passagemath_categories import *`