pip show

Usage

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

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.

(environment variable: PIP_FILES)

Examples

  1. Show information about a package:

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

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

  2. Show all information about a package

    $ python -m pip show --verbose sphinx
Name: Sphinx
Version: 1.4.5
Summary: Python documentation generator
Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
Author: Georg Brandl
Author-email: georg@python.org
License: BSD
Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six
Metadata-Version: 2.0
Installer:
Classifiers:
   Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
   Environment :: Console
   Environment :: Web Environment
   Intended Audience :: Developers
   Intended Audience :: Education
   License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
   Operating System :: OS Independent
   Programming Language :: Python
   Programming Language :: Python :: 2
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3
   Framework :: Sphinx
   Framework :: Sphinx :: Extension
   Framework :: Sphinx :: Theme
   Topic :: Documentation
   Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx
   Topic :: Text Processing
   Topic :: Utilities
Entry-points:
   [console_scripts]
   sphinx-apidoc = sphinx.apidoc:main
   sphinx-autogen = sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate:main
   sphinx-build = sphinx:main
   sphinx-quickstart = sphinx.quickstart:main
   [distutils.commands]
   build_sphinx = sphinx.setup_command:BuildDoc

    C:\> py -m pip show --verbose sphinx
Name: Sphinx
Version: 1.4.5
Summary: Python documentation generator
Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
Author: Georg Brandl
Author-email: georg@python.org
License: BSD
Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six
Metadata-Version: 2.0
Installer:
Classifiers:
   Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
   Environment :: Console
   Environment :: Web Environment
   Intended Audience :: Developers
   Intended Audience :: Education
   License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
   Operating System :: OS Independent
   Programming Language :: Python
   Programming Language :: Python :: 2
   Programming Language :: Python :: 3
   Framework :: Sphinx
   Framework :: Sphinx :: Extension
   Framework :: Sphinx :: Theme
   Topic :: Documentation
   Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx
   Topic :: Text Processing
   Topic :: Utilities
Entry-points:
   [console_scripts]
   sphinx-apidoc = sphinx.apidoc:main
   sphinx-autogen = sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate:main
   sphinx-build = sphinx:main
   sphinx-quickstart = sphinx.quickstart:main
   [distutils.commands]
   build_sphinx = sphinx.setup_command:BuildDoc