PIP-INDEX(1)

🎀 PIP-INDEX(1) 🎀

okay so bestie, welcome to the pip manual page for pip-index — the pip index command is the main character here, and we're about to inspect info from package indexes together. no cap, it's giving extremely useful. 💅

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🌸 NAME 🌸

pip-index — literally the description of the pip index command. that's the name section, bestie, and it ate. 🫶

💅 DESCRIPTION 💅

You're inspecting information available from package indexes. That's the whole assignment: see what the package indexes have available. ✨

✨ USAGE ✨

python -m pip index versions <package>

okay so that's the move: run the pip index subcommand through python -m pip, and versions is the part where you check a <package>. 🎀

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --platform <platform> — only use wheels compatible with <platform>. Defaults to the platform of the running system. Use this option multiple times to specify multiple platforms supported by the target interpreter. (environment variable: PIP_PLATFORM)
• --python-version <python_version> — this is the Python interpreter version used for wheel and Requires-Python compatibility checks. Defaults to a version derived from the running interpreter. You can write the version as up to three dot-separated integers (e.g. "3" for 3.0.0, "3.7" for 3.7.0, or "3.7.3"). A major-minor version can also be given as a string without dots (e.g. "37" for 3.7.0). (environment variable: PIP_PYTHON_VERSION)
• --implementation <implementation> — only use wheels compatible with Python implementation <implementation>, e.g. 'pp', 'jy', 'cp', or 'ip'. If you don't specify it, the current interpreter implementation is used. Use 'py' to force implementation-agnostic wheels. (environment variable: PIP_IMPLEMENTATION)
• --abi <abi> — only use wheels compatible with Python abi <abi>, e.g. 'pypy_41'. If you don't specify it, the current interpreter abi tag is used. Use this option multiple times to specify multiple abis supported by the target interpreter. Generally you will need to specify --implementation, --platform, and --python-version when using this option. (environment variable: PIP_ABI)
• --ignore-requires-python — ignore the Requires-Python information. (environment variable: PIP_IGNORE_REQUIRES_PYTHON)
• --pre — include pre-release and development versions. By default, pip only finds stable versions. (environment variable: PIP_PRE)
• --json — output data in a machine-readable JSON format. (environment variable: PIP_JSON)
• --no-binary <format_control> — do not use binary packages. You can supply it multiple times, and each time adds to the existing value. It accepts either ":all:" to disable all binary packages, ":none:" to empty the set (notice the colons), or one or more package names with commas between them (no colons). Heads up: some packages are tricky to compile and may fail to install when this option is used on them. (environment variable: PIP_NO_BINARY)
• --only-binary <format_control> — do not use source packages. You can supply it multiple times, and each time adds to the existing value. It accepts either ":all:" to disable all source packages, ":none:" to empty the set, or one or more package names with commas between them. Packages without binary distributions will fail to install when this option is used on them. (environment variable: PIP_ONLY_BINARY)

👑 AUTHOR 👑

the pip developers. periodt. 👑

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

The pip developers. that's the copyright line, bestie. 💖

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