In this post you can find how to install a specific version of a package in Python by pip.
Below you can find quick cheat sheet for installing specific version with pip and Python:
pip install specific version
То install certain package version in Python use:
pip install moviepy==1.0.2
pip install between versions
Install package between two versions with pip:
pip install 'moviepy>=1.3.0,<2.0.0'
pip force install specific version
To force installation of Python package and ignore the installed one do:
pip install -Iv moviepy==1.2.2
where:
-I- ignore installed package-v- verbose - will give more output-Ivis combining two flags into one
pip downgrade package
Downgrade of Python package is done by using option --force-reinstall:
pip install 'moviepy==2.0.0' --force-reinstall
pip install older version
To install previous or old version of Python packages use the package version:
pip install 'moviepy==2.0.0'
pip install latest version
Use -U option to install the latest version of Python package
pip install numpy -U
pip install version greater than
If you need to install prerelease packages or version greater than we can use --pre and 'moviepy>=1.0.3':
pip install 'moviepy>=1.0.3' --pre
pip list available versions
To list all available versions of given package with pip:
pip index versions numpy
result:
numpy (1.24.1)
Available versions: 1.24.1, 1.24.0, 1.23.5, ... 1.5.0, 1.4.1, 1.3.0
INSTALLED: 1.20.3
LATEST: 1.24.1
pip list version of installed package
pip show numpy
result:
Name: numpy
Version: 1.20.3
Summary: NumPy is the fundamental package for array computing with Python.
Home-page: https://www.numpy.org
Author: Travis E. Oliphant et al.
Author-email:
License: BSD
Location: /home/user/venv38/lib/python3.8/site-packages
Requires:
Required-by: abc-analysis, altair, basemap, biopython, blis, bokeh..
Check package version
To check which is the installed version of a given Python package use:
from importlib.metadata import version
version('moviepy')
result:
'2.0.0.dev2'
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