PIP-HELP(1)

📦 version 22.3.1, in centos-stream 9

✨ PIP-HELP(1) ✨

okay so bestie, you found it — the manual page for pip-help, straight out of the pip man pages, and honestly? it's a little baby page but it's lowkey iconic. let's get into it 💅

💖 NAME 💖

pip-help — the whole description of the pip help command, that's the vibe 🫶

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

Show help for commands. that's it. that's the whole thing. it shows you help. slay ✨

🌸 USAGE 🌸

python -m pip help <command>

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

  • -h, --help — shows help. yes, help for the help command. it's giving inception but we love her 💫
  • --debug — lets unhandled exceptions propagate outside the main subroutine, instead of logging them to stderr. so like, the errors get to be free-range instead of quietly banished to stderr 😭
  • --isolated — runs pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and user configuration. main character energy: she doesn't listen to anyone 💅
  • --require-virtualenv — only lets pip run in a virtual environment, and exits with an error otherwise. no venv, no entry, periodt 🚫
  • --python <python> — runs pip with the specified Python interpreter. you pick the interpreter, bestie 🐍
  • -v, --verbose — gives more output. the option is additive, so you can stack it up to 3 times. more words more words more words 🔥
  • -V, --version — shows version and exits. bye ✌️
  • -q, --quiet — gives less output. also additive, also up to 3 times (corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels). shhh 🤫
  • --log <path> — path to a verbose appending log. receipts, kept forever 📝
  • --no-input — disables prompting for input. no questions, she's not asking 🙈
  • --proxy <proxy> — specifies a proxy in the form scheme://[user:passwd@]proxy.server:port. yes that exact form, copy it exactly, don't freestyle it 🧚
  • --retries <retries> — max number of retries each connection should attempt (default 5 times). try again energy 💫
  • --timeout <sec> — sets the socket timeout (default 15 seconds). she's not gonna wait around forever ⏰
  • --exists-action <action> — default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort. pick your fighter 👑
  • --trusted-host <hostname> — marks this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does not have valid or any HTTPS. like, we're trusting them anyway 🫶
  • --cert <path> — path to a PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle. if provided, it overrides the default. see 'SSL Certificate Verification' in pip documentation for more info. read the docs bestie, i'm serious 📖
  • --client-cert <path> — path to an SSL client certificate: a single file containing the private key and the certificate in PEM format. one file, both things, iconic 🌈
  • --cache-dir <dir> — stores the cache data in <dir>. cache goes where you say 🍓
  • --no-cache-dir — disables the cache. no cache, no clutter 🧹
  • --disable-pip-version-check — doesn't periodically check PyPI to determine whether a new version of pip is available for download. implied with --no-index. like, mind your business, PyPI 🙅
  • --no-color — suppresses colored output. monochrome moment 💀
  • --no-python-version-warning — silences deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons. future problems? not today 🐍✨
  • --use-feature <feature> — enables new functionality, that may be backward incompatible. new stuff, possibly chaotic, you've been warned ⚠️
  • --use-deprecated <feature> — enables deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the future. enjoy it while it lasts, she's on her way out 😭

👑 AUTHOR 👑

pip developers 💜

The pip developers 🌟

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