PIP3-HELP(1) pip PIP3-HELP(1)
NAME
pip3-help - description of pip3 help command
DESCRIPTION
Show help for commands
USAGE
python -m pip help <command>
OPTIONS
-h, --help
Show help.
(environment variable: PIP_HELP)
--debug
Let unhandled exceptions propagate outside the main subroutine,
instead of logging them to stderr.
(environment variable: PIP_DEBUG)
--isolated
Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and
user configuration.
(environment variable: PIP_ISOLATED)
--require-virtualenv
Allow pip to only run in a virtual environment; exit with an er-
ror otherwise.
(environment variable: PIP_REQUIRE_VIRTUALENV, PIP_REQUIRE_VENV)
--python <python>
Run pip with the specified Python interpreter.
(environment variable: PIP_PYTHON)
-v, --verbose
Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3
times.
(environment variable: PIP_VERBOSE)
-V, --version
Show version and exit.
(environment variable: PIP_VERSION)
-q, --quiet
Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3
times (corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging lev-
els).
(environment variable: PIP_QUIET)
--log <path>
Path to a verbose appending log.
(environment variable: PIP_LOG, PIP_LOG_FILE, PIP_LOCAL_LOG)
--no-input
Disable prompting for input.
(environment variable: PIP_NO_INPUT)
--keyring-provider <keyring_provider>
Enable the credential lookup via the keyring library if user in-
put is allowed. Specify which mechanism to use [auto, disabled,
import, subprocess]. (default: auto)
(environment variable: PIP_KEYRING_PROVIDER)
--proxy <proxy>
Specify a proxy in the form
scheme://[user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.
(environment variable: PIP_PROXY)
--retries <retries>
Maximum attempts to establish a new HTTP connection. (default: 5)
(environment variable: PIP_RETRIES)
--timeout <sec>
Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
(environment variable: PIP_TIMEOUT, PIP_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
--exists-action <action>
Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore,
(w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort.
(environment variable: PIP_EXISTS_ACTION)
--trusted-host <hostname>
Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does
not have valid or any HTTPS.
(environment variable: PIP_TRUSTED_HOST)
--cert <path>
Path to PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle. If provided, overrides
the default. See 'SSL Certificate Verification' in pip documenta-
tion for more information.
(environment variable: PIP_CERT)
--client-cert <path>
Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the pri-
vate key and the certificate in PEM format.
(environment variable: PIP_CLIENT_CERT)
--cache-dir <dir>
Store the cache data in <dir>.
(environment variable: PIP_CACHE_DIR)
--no-cache-dir
Disable the cache.
(environment variable: PIP_NO_CACHE_DIR)
--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.
(environment variable: PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK)
--no-color
Suppress colored output.
(environment variable: PIP_NO_COLOR)
--use-feature <feature>
Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.
(environment variable: PIP_USE_FEATURE)
--use-deprecated <feature>
Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the fu-
ture.
(environment variable: PIP_USE_DEPRECATED)
--resume-retries <resume_retries>
Maximum attempts to resume or restart an incomplete download.
(default: 0)
(environment variable: PIP_RESUME_RETRIES)
AUTHOR
pip developers
COPYRIGHT
The pip developers
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