Man1 - pip-help.1

pip-help - description of pip help command

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Show help for commands

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      python -m pip help <command>

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-h, –help

Show help.

–isolated

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

-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.

–proxy <proxy>

Specify a proxy in the form [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 alternate CA bundle.

–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.

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