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pip

A tool for installing and managing Python packages

TLDR

Install a package (see pip install for more install examples)

$ pip install [package]
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Install a package to the user's directory instead of the system-wide default location
$ pip install --user [package]
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Upgrade a package
$ pip install --upgrade [package]
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Uninstall a package
$ pip uninstall [package]
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Save installed packages to file
$ pip freeze > [requirements.txt]
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Show installed package info
$ pip show [package]
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Install packages from a file
$ pip install --requirement [requirements.txt]
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SYNOPSIS

pip <command> [options]

DESCRIPTION

pip is the PyPA recommended package manager for Python packages

OPTIONS

-h, --help

Show help.

--debug

Let unhandled exceptions propagate outside the main subroutine, instead of logging them to stderr.

--isolated

Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and user configuration.

--require-virtualenv

Allow pip to only run in a virtual environment; exit with an error otherwise.

--python <python>

Run pip with the specified Python interpreter.

-v, --verbose

Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times.

-V, --version

Show version and exit.

-q, --quiet

Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times (corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels).

--log <path>

Path to a verbose appending log.

--no-input

Disable prompting for input.

--keyring-provider <keyring_provider>

Enable the credential lookup via the keyring library if user input is allowed. Specify which mechanism to use [disabled, import, subprocess]. (default: disabled)

--proxy <proxy>

Specify a proxy in the form scheme://[user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.

--retries <retries>

Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt (default 5 times).

--timeout <sec>

Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).

--exists-action <action>

Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort.

--trusted-host <hostname>

Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does not have valid or any HTTPS.

--cert <path>

Path to PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle. If provided, overrides the default. See 'SSL Certificate Verification' in pip documentation for more information.

--client-cert <path>

Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the private key and the certificate in PEM format.

--cache-dir <dir>

Store the cache data in <dir>.

--no-cache-dir

Disable the cache.

--disable-pip-version-check

Don't periodically check PyPI to determine whether a new version of pip is available for download. Implied with --no-index.

--no-color

Suppress colored output.

--no-python-version-warning

Silence deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons.

--use-feature <feature>

Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.

--use-deprecated <feature>

Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the future.

COMMANDS

pip-install(1)

Install packages.

pip-download(1)

Download packages.

pip-uninstall(1)

Uninstall packages.

pip-freeze(1)

Output installed packages in requirements format.

pip-list(1)

List installed packages.

pip-show(1)

Show information about installed packages.

pip-check(1)

Verify installed packages have compatible dependencies.

pip-search(1)

Search PyPI for packages.

pip-wheel(1)

Build wheels from your requirements.

pip-hash(1)

Compute hashes of package archives.

pip-help(1)

Show help for pip commands.

COPYRIGHT

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AUTHOR

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