debian man page for pip

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NAME
       pip - install Python packages

SYNOPSIS
       pip [command] [options]

DESCRIPTION
       pip is an alternative Python package installer. It performs the same basic job as easy_install, but with some extra features. It can work
       with version control repositories (currently only Git, Mercurial, and Bazaar repositories), logs output extensively, and prevents partial
       installs by downloading all requirements before starting installation.

       It has some disadvantages when compared to easy_install. It does not use egg files, although it does preserve egg metadata. Some setuptools
       features are not yet supported, and some custom setup.py features won't work.

COMMANDS
       The command comes before any options. The following commands are recognized:

       help
	   Show the help text.

       bundle
	   Create "bundles" which can be used by pip to install the group of Python packages in multiple places.

       freeze
	   Write the current list of installed packages to a requirements file, which can be used by pip to reinstall the same set of packages.

       install
	   Install packages.

       unzip
	   Unzip an individual package.

       zip
	   Zip an individual package.

OPTIONS
       -h, --help
	   Show summary of options.

       --version
	   Show the version of the program.

       -v, --verbose
	   Be more verbose.

       -q, --quiet
	   Be less verbose; suppress unimportant output.

       --log=FILENAME
	   Log file where a complete (maximum verbosity) record will be kept.

       --proxy=PROXY
	   Have pip use a proxy server to access sites. This can be specified using "user:password@proxy.server:port" notation. If the password is
	   left out, pip will ask for it.

       --exists-action=EXISTS_ACTION
	   Default action when a path already exists.Use this option more then one time to specify another action if a certain option is not
	   available, choices: (s)witch, (i)gnore, (w)ipe, (b)ackup

       --timeout=TIMEOUT
	   Set the timeout for connecting to download sites, in seconds. This defaults to 15 seconds if not given.

AUTHORS
	   This manual page was originally written by Jeff Licquia <licquia@debian.org>, later rewritten by Carl Chenet <chaica@debian.org>.

LICENSE
	   Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

								    05/27/2012								    PIP(1)