pip cheat sheet - useful pip commands

Package installation and management

pip install <package_name>

or pip -i <package_name>

Installs the specified package.

pip install <package_name>

pip install <package_name>==<version>

or pip -i <package_name>==<version>

Installs a specific version of the package.

pip install <package_name>==<version>

pip install -r requirements.txt

Installs packages from a requirements.txt file.

pip install -r requirements.txt

pip install --upgrade <package_name>

or pip install -U <package_name>

Upgrades the specified package.

pip install --upgrade <package_name>

pip install --upgrade <package_name>==<version>

or pip install -U <package_name> -v

Upgrades to a specific version of the package.

pip install --upgrade <package_name>==<version>

pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

or pip install --U -r requirements.txt

Upgrades packages according to the requirements.txt file.

pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt

pip uninstall <package_name>

Uninstalls the specified package.

pip uninstall <package_name>

Package information

pip show <package_name>

Displays information about the specified package.

pip show <package_name>

pip list

Lists all installed packages.

pip list

pip list --outdated

or pip list -o

Shows outdated packages.

pip list --outdated

Package search

pip search <search_term>

Searches for packages containing the specified search term.

pip search <search_term>

Virtual environments

pipenv install

or pipenv i

Creates a virtual environment and installs packages from the Pipfile.

pipenv install

pipenv install <package_name>

or pipenv i <package_name>

Installs a package in the virtual environment.

pipenv install <package_name>

pipenv uninstall <package_name>

or pipenv un <package_name>

Uninstalls a package from the virtual environment.

pipenv uninstall <package_name>

pipenv shell

or pipenv sh

Activates the virtual environment.

pipenv shell

pipenv lock

or pipenv lck

Generates a Pipfile.lock file with exact package versions.

pipenv lock

Package updates and security

pip list --outdated

or pip list -o

Lists outdated packages.

pip list --outdated

pip check

or pip verify

Checks for security vulnerabilities in installed packages.

pip check

pip install --upgrade pip

or pip install -U pip

Upgrades the pip installation itself.

pip install --upgrade pip

Package files and sources

pip download <package_name>

or pip dl <package_name>

Downloads the package without installing it.

pip download <package_name>

pip wheel <package_directory>

or pip whl <package_directory>

Creates a wheel package for distribution.

pip wheel <package_directory>

pip install <file_path>

Installs a package from a local file.

pip install <file_path>

pip install <URL>

Installs a package from a URL.

pip install <URL>

Package dependencies

pip check

or pip verify

Checks for missing or incompatible dependencies.

pip check

pipdeptree

Shows the dependency tree of installed packages.

pipdeptree

pip install --no-deps <package_name>

Installs the package without its dependencies.

pip install --no-deps <package_name>

Package dependencies

pip freeze

or pip freeze > requirements.txt

Generates a requirements.txt file with the installed packages.

pip freeze

pipenv

or pipenv --help

Provides more comprehensive package management and virtual environments.

pipenv

Proxy and cache configuration

pip config

Configures proxy and cache settings for pip.

pip freeze