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6 pip-help - description of pip help command
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9 Show help for commands
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13 python -m pip help <command>
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16 -h, --help
17 Show help.
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19 --debug
20 Let unhandled exceptions propagate outside the main subroutine,
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23 --isolated
24 Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and
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27 --require-virtualenv
28 Allow pip to only run in a virtual environment; exit with an er‐
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31 --python <python>
32 Run pip with the specified Python interpreter.
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34 -v, --verbose
35 Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3
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38 -V, --version
39 Show version and exit.
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41 -q, --quiet
42 Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3
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46 --log <path>
47 Path to a verbose appending log.
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49 --no-input
50 Disable prompting for input.
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52 --keyring-provider <keyring_provider>
53 Enable the credential lookup via the keyring library if user in‐
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57 --proxy <proxy>
58 Specify a proxy in the form
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62 Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt (de‐
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66 Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).
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68 --exists-action <action>
69 Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore,
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72 --trusted-host <hostname>
73 Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does
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77 Path to PEM-encoded CA certificate bundle. If provided, over‐
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82 Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the
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85 --cache-dir <dir>
86 Store the cache data in <dir>.
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89 Disable the cache.
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91 --disable-pip-version-check
92 Don't periodically check PyPI to determine whether a new version
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96 Suppress colored output.
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98 --no-python-version-warning
99 Silence deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons.
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102 Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.
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105 Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the fu‐
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