pip freeze¶
Usage¶
python -m pip freeze [options]
py -m pip freeze [options]
Description¶
Output installed packages in requirements format.
packages are listed in a case-insensitive sorted order.
Options¶
-
-r
,
--requirement
<file>
¶ Use the order in the given requirements file and its comments when generating output. This option can be used multiple times.
-
-f
,
--find-links
<url>
¶ URL for finding packages, which will be added to the output.
-
-l
,
--local
¶
If in a virtualenv that has global access, do not output globally-installed packages.
-
--user
¶
Only output packages installed in user-site.
-
--path
<path>
¶ Restrict to the specified installation path for listing packages (can be used multiple times).
-
--all
¶
Do not skip these packages in the output: setuptools, distribute, pip, wheel
-
--exclude-editable
¶
Exclude editable package from output.
-
--exclude
<package>
¶ Exclude specified package from the output
Examples¶
Generate output suitable for a requirements file.
$ python -m pip freeze docutils==0.11 Jinja2==2.7.2 MarkupSafe==0.19 Pygments==1.6 Sphinx==1.2.2
C:\> py -m pip freeze docutils==0.11 Jinja2==2.7.2 MarkupSafe==0.19 Pygments==1.6 Sphinx==1.2.2
Generate a requirements file and then install from it in another environment.
env1/bin/python -m pip freeze > requirements.txt env2/bin/python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
env1\bin\python -m pip freeze > requirements.txt env2\bin\python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
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