| PIP3(1) | pip | PIP3(1) |
NAME¶
pip3 - package manager for Python packages
SYNOPSIS¶
pip3 <command> [options]
DESCRIPTION¶
pip3 is the PyPA recommended package manager for Python packages
OPTIONS¶
- -h, --help
- Show help.
(environment variable: PIP_HELP)
- --debug
- Let unhandled exceptions propagate outside the main subroutine, instead of
logging them to stderr.
(environment variable: PIP_DEBUG)
- --isolated
- Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and user
configuration.
(environment variable: PIP_ISOLATED)
- --require-virtualenv
- Allow pip to only run in a virtual environment; exit with an error
otherwise.
(environment variable: PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV, PIP_REQUIRE_VENV)
- --python <python>
- Run pip with the specified Python interpreter.
(environment variable: PIP_PYTHON)
- -v, --verbose
- Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times.
(environment variable: PIP_VERBOSE)
- -V, --version
- Show version and exit.
(environment variable: PIP_VERSION)
- -q, --quiet
- Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times
(corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels).
(environment variable: PIP_QUIET)
- --log <path>
- Path to a verbose appending log.
(environment variable: PIP_LOG, PIP_LOG_FILE, PIP_LOCAL_LOG)
- --no-input
- Disable prompting for input.
(environment variable: PIP_NO_INPUT)
- --keyring-provider <keyring_provider>
- Enable the credential lookup via the keyring library if user input is
allowed. Specify which mechanism to use [auto, disabled, import,
subprocess]. (default: auto)
(environment variable: PIP_KEYRING_PROVIDER)
- --proxy <proxy>
- Specify a proxy in the form scheme://[user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.
(environment variable: PIP_PROXY)
- --retries <retries>
- Maximum attempts to establish a new HTTP connection. (default: 5)
(environment variable: PIP_RETRIES)
- --timeout <sec>
- Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
(environment variable: PIP_TIMEOUT, PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
- --exists-action <action>
- Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe,
(b)ackup, (a)bort.
(environment variable: PIP_EXISTS_ACTION)
- --trusted-host <hostname>
- Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does not have
valid or any HTTPS.
(environment variable: PIP_TRUSTED_HOST)
- --cert <path>
- Path to PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle. If provided, overrides the
default. See 'SSL Certificate Verification' in pip documentation for more
information.
(environment variable: PIP_CERT)
- --client-cert <path>
- Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the private key
and the certificate in PEM format.
(environment variable: PIP_CLIENT_CERT)
- --cache-dir <dir>
- Store the cache data in <dir>.
(environment variable: PIP_CACHE_DIR)
- --no-cache-dir
- Disable the cache.
(environment variable: PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR)
- --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.
(environment variable: PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK)
- --no-color
- Suppress colored output.
(environment variable: PIP_NO_COLOR)
- --use-feature <feature>
- Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.
(environment variable: PIP_USE_FEATURE)
- --use-deprecated <feature>
- Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the future.
(environment variable: PIP_USE_DEPRECATED)
- --resume-retries <resume_retries>
- Maximum attempts to resume or restart an incomplete download. (default: 5)
(environment variable: PIP_RESUME_RETRIES)
COMMANDS¶
- pip3-install(1)
- Install packages.
- pip3-download(1)
- Download packages.
- pip3-uninstall(1)
- Uninstall packages.
- pip3-freeze(1)
- Output installed packages in requirements format.
- pip3-lock(1)
- Generate a lock file for requirements and their dependencies.
- pip3-list(1)
- List installed packages.
- pip3-show(1)
- Show information about installed packages.
- pip3-check(1)
- Verify installed packages have compatible dependencies.
- pip3-search(1)
- Search PyPI for packages.
- pip3-wheel(1)
- Build wheels from your requirements.
- pip3-hash(1)
- Compute hashes of package archives.
- pip3-help(1)
- Show help for pip commands.
AUTHOR¶
pip developers
COPYRIGHT¶
The pip developers
| August 10, 2025 | 25.2 |