"threading" vs "thread" packages in Python

Question

What is difference between "threading" and "thread" packages in anaconda? Which one to install, both commands have been used in multi threading python projects, so which package should I use for my eye detection project?(Some sites say threading comes with anaconda..no need to install)
So how to proceed installing these packages in anaconda prompt?

Answer 1

thread is built-in module provides primitive operations to write multi-threaded programs. where as threading module provides a more convenient interface (which is similar to Java threading model).

So you should use threading in your project

And they are built-in you can start using them simply by

import threading
import thread

If you want help on modules you can always check in python interpreter by dir(modulename)

like this

import threading
dir(threading)