Can I force pip to reinstall the current version?

Question

I\'ve come across situations where a current version of a package seems not to be working and requires reinstallation. But pip install -U won\'t touch a package

Answer 1

sudo pip3 install --upgrade --force-reinstall --no-deps --no-cache-dir ==

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