pip show

Usage

Unix/macOS

  1. python -m pip show [options] <package> ...

Windows

  1. py -m pip show [options] <package> ...

Description

Show information about one or more installed packages.

The output is in RFC-compliant mail header format.

Options

-f``, --files

Show the full list of installed files for each package.

Examples

  1. Show information about a package:

    Unix/macOS

    1. $ python -m pip show sphinx
    2. Name: Sphinx
    3. Version: 1.4.5
    4. Summary: Python documentation generator
    5. Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
    6. Author: Georg Brandl
    7. Author-email: georg@python.org
    8. License: BSD
    9. Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    10. Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six

    Windows

    1. C:\> py -m pip show sphinx
    2. Name: Sphinx
    3. Version: 1.4.5
    4. Summary: Python documentation generator
    5. Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
    6. Author: Georg Brandl
    7. Author-email: georg@python.org
    8. License: BSD
    9. Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    10. Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six

  2. Show all information about a package

    Unix/macOS

    1. $ python -m pip show --verbose sphinx
    2. Name: Sphinx
    3. Version: 1.4.5
    4. Summary: Python documentation generator
    5. Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
    6. Author: Georg Brandl
    7. Author-email: georg@python.org
    8. License: BSD
    9. Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    10. Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six
    11. Metadata-Version: 2.0
    12. Installer:
    13. Classifiers:
    14.    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
    15.    Environment :: Console
    16.    Environment :: Web Environment
    17.    Intended Audience :: Developers
    18.    Intended Audience :: Education
    19.    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
    20.    Operating System :: OS Independent
    21.    Programming Language :: Python
    22.    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
    23.    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
    24.    Framework :: Sphinx
    25.    Framework :: Sphinx :: Extension
    26.    Framework :: Sphinx :: Theme
    27.    Topic :: Documentation
    28.    Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx
    29.    Topic :: Text Processing
    30.    Topic :: Utilities
    31. Entry-points:
    32.    [console_scripts]
    33.    sphinx-apidoc = sphinx.apidoc:main
    34.    sphinx-autogen = sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate:main
    35.    sphinx-build = sphinx:main
    36.    sphinx-quickstart = sphinx.quickstart:main
    37.    [distutils.commands]
    38.    build_sphinx = sphinx.setup_command:BuildDoc

    Windows

    1. C:\> py -m pip show --verbose sphinx
    2. Name: Sphinx
    3. Version: 1.4.5
    4. Summary: Python documentation generator
    5. Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
    6. Author: Georg Brandl
    7. Author-email: georg@python.org
    8. License: BSD
    9. Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
    10. Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six
    11. Metadata-Version: 2.0
    12. Installer:
    13. Classifiers:
    14.    Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
    15.    Environment :: Console
    16.    Environment :: Web Environment
    17.    Intended Audience :: Developers
    18.    Intended Audience :: Education
    19.    License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
    20.    Operating System :: OS Independent
    21.    Programming Language :: Python
    22.    Programming Language :: Python :: 2
    23.    Programming Language :: Python :: 3
    24.    Framework :: Sphinx
    25.    Framework :: Sphinx :: Extension
    26.    Framework :: Sphinx :: Theme
    27.    Topic :: Documentation
    28.    Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx
    29.    Topic :: Text Processing
    30.    Topic :: Utilities
    31. Entry-points:
    32.    [console_scripts]
    33.    sphinx-apidoc = sphinx.apidoc:main
    34.    sphinx-autogen = sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate:main
    35.    sphinx-build = sphinx:main
    36.    sphinx-quickstart = sphinx.quickstart:main
    37.    [distutils.commands]
    38.    build_sphinx = sphinx.setup_command:BuildDoc

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