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Similar to how we can run npm show {package} version to get the latest version available for any npm package, is there an equivalent command for pip/python?

I don't necessarily want to upgrade to that version, I would just like to be able to output the latest version number available for any package.

Ayush W
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You can use yolk3k as in this answer.

➜ pip install yolk3k
➜ yolk -V figgypy
figgypy 1.1.9
theherk
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This command just shows the available versions of pip package, if I correctly understand your question.

python -m pip install --upgrade pip==

or to see any package versions:

pip install package_name==

P.s. Yes there will be an error, that says no match)

Firdavsbek Narzullaev
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    This is pretty clever, to get the answer without another package. You can then get the latest version with: `python -m pip install --upgrade figgypy== 2>&1 | grep "from versions:" | sed "s/^.*from versions: \(.*\))/\1/" | awk -F ", " '{print $NF}'`. – theherk Jan 13 '22 at 08:46
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    @theherk Totally agree – Firdavsbek Narzullaev Jan 13 '22 at 08:50
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    Wow that's crafty, that was exactly what I was looking for, thank you! This way also seems to be consistently faster than using yolk3k, aside from not needing another package as well. – Ayush W Jan 13 '22 at 09:15
  • Interesting edge case to look out for: if your current version of the package resolves to 0 (i.e 0.0.0, 0.0), the command `python -m pip install --upgrade {package}==` will not produce an error and therefore will not work. Potentially use `python -m pip install --upgrade {package}==-` instead to ensure the version can't be satisfied and will always produce an error. – Ayush W Jan 13 '22 at 16:59
  • Another edge case is that the pip error message does not contain the list of all the package versions when pip is version 21.0 – Ayush W Jan 20 '22 at 19:24
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List outdated packages with the installed and the latest versions:

pip list --outdated

See the docs.

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  • This answer requires the package to have been installed already. The question does not specify whether the package is already installed. – Rob Gilton Aug 05 '22 at 09:37