.. _`pip show`:

========
pip show
========

.. contents::


Usage
=====

.. tabs::

   .. group-tab:: Unix/macOS

      .. pip-command-usage:: show "python -m pip"

   .. group-tab:: Windows

      .. pip-command-usage:: show "py -m pip"


Description
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.. pip-command-description:: show


Options
=======

.. pip-command-options:: show


Examples
========

#. Show information about a package:

   .. tabs::

      .. group-tab:: Unix/macOS

         .. code-block:: console

            $ python -m pip show sphinx
            Name: Sphinx
            Version: 1.4.5
            Summary: Python documentation generator
            Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
            Author: Georg Brandl
            Author-email: georg@python.org
            License: BSD
            Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
            Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six

      .. group-tab:: Windows

         .. code-block:: console

            C:\> py -m pip show sphinx
            Name: Sphinx
            Version: 1.4.5
            Summary: Python documentation generator
            Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
            Author: Georg Brandl
            Author-email: georg@python.org
            License: BSD
            Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
            Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six

#. Show all information about a package

   .. tabs::

      .. group-tab:: Unix/macOS

         .. code-block:: console

            $ python -m pip show --verbose sphinx
            Name: Sphinx
            Version: 1.4.5
            Summary: Python documentation generator
            Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
            Author: Georg Brandl
            Author-email: georg@python.org
            License: BSD
            Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
            Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six
            Metadata-Version: 2.0
            Installer:
            Classifiers:
              Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
              Environment :: Console
              Environment :: Web Environment
              Intended Audience :: Developers
              Intended Audience :: Education
              License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
              Operating System :: OS Independent
              Programming Language :: Python
              Programming Language :: Python :: 2
              Programming Language :: Python :: 3
              Framework :: Sphinx
              Framework :: Sphinx :: Extension
              Framework :: Sphinx :: Theme
              Topic :: Documentation
              Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx
              Topic :: Text Processing
              Topic :: Utilities
            Entry-points:
              [console_scripts]
              sphinx-apidoc = sphinx.apidoc:main
              sphinx-autogen = sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate:main
              sphinx-build = sphinx:main
              sphinx-quickstart = sphinx.quickstart:main
              [distutils.commands]
              build_sphinx = sphinx.setup_command:BuildDoc

      .. group-tab:: Windows

         .. code-block:: console

            C:\> py -m pip show --verbose sphinx
            Name: Sphinx
            Version: 1.4.5
            Summary: Python documentation generator
            Home-page: http://sphinx-doc.org/
            Author: Georg Brandl
            Author-email: georg@python.org
            License: BSD
            Location: /my/env/lib/python2.7/site-packages
            Requires: docutils, snowballstemmer, alabaster, Pygments, imagesize, Jinja2, babel, six
            Metadata-Version: 2.0
            Installer:
            Classifiers:
              Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable
              Environment :: Console
              Environment :: Web Environment
              Intended Audience :: Developers
              Intended Audience :: Education
              License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
              Operating System :: OS Independent
              Programming Language :: Python
              Programming Language :: Python :: 2
              Programming Language :: Python :: 3
              Framework :: Sphinx
              Framework :: Sphinx :: Extension
              Framework :: Sphinx :: Theme
              Topic :: Documentation
              Topic :: Documentation :: Sphinx
              Topic :: Text Processing
              Topic :: Utilities
            Entry-points:
              [console_scripts]
              sphinx-apidoc = sphinx.apidoc:main
              sphinx-autogen = sphinx.ext.autosummary.generate:main
              sphinx-build = sphinx:main
              sphinx-quickstart = sphinx.quickstart:main
              [distutils.commands]
              build_sphinx = sphinx.setup_command:BuildDoc
