pip cache ¶

Usage ¶

pip cache dir
pip cache info
pip cache list [<pattern>]
pip cache remove <pattern>
pip cache purge

Description ¶

Inspect and manage pip’s wheel cache.

Subcommands:

dir: Show the cache directory.
info: Show information about the cache.
list: List filenames of packages stored in the cache.
remove: Remove one or more package from the cache.
purge: Remove all items from the cache.

<pattern> can be a glob expression or a package name.

Options ¶

-h, --help¶: Show help.

--isolated¶: Run pip in an isolated mode, ignoring environment variables and user configuration.

-v, --verbose¶: Give more output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times.

-V, --version¶: Show version and exit.

-q, --quiet¶: Give less output. Option is additive, and can be used up to 3 times (corresponding to WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL logging levels).

--log <path>¶: Path to a verbose appending log.

--no-input¶: Disable prompting for input.

--proxy <proxy>¶: Specify a proxy in the form [user:passwd@]proxy.server:port.

--retries <retries>¶: Maximum number of retries each connection should attempt (default 5 times).

--timeout <sec>¶: Set the socket timeout (default 15 seconds).

--exists-action <action>¶: Default action when a path already exists: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup, (a)bort.

--trusted-host <hostname>¶: Mark this host or host:port pair as trusted, even though it does not have valid or any HTTPS.

--cert <path>¶: Path to alternate CA bundle.

--client-cert <path>¶: Path to SSL client certificate, a single file containing the private key and the certificate in PEM format.

--cache-dir <dir>¶: Store the cache data in <dir>.

--no-cache-dir¶: Disable the cache.

--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.

--no-color¶: Suppress colored output

--no-python-version-warning¶: Silence deprecation warnings for upcoming unsupported Pythons.

--use-feature <feature>¶: Enable new functionality, that may be backward incompatible.

--use-deprecated <feature>¶: Enable deprecated functionality, that will be removed in the future.