Find which version of package is installed with pip

Question

Using pip, is it possible to figure out which version of a package is currently installed?

I know about pip install XYZ --upgrade but I am wondering if

Answer 1

In question, it is not mentioned which OS user is using (Windows/Linux/Mac)

As there are couple of answers which will work flawlessly on Mac and Linux.

Below command can be used in case the user is trying to find the version of a python package on windows.

In PowerShell use below command :

pip list | findstr <PackageName>

Example:- pip list | findstr requests

Output : requests 2.18.4

Answer 2

For Windows you can

1. open cmd and type python, press enter.

2. type the import and press enter.

3. type ._version__ and press enter.

As you can see in screen shot here I am using this method for checking the version of serial module.

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Answer 3

pip show works in python 3.7:

pip show selenium
Name: selenium
Version: 4.0.0a3
Summary: Python bindings for Selenium
Home-page: https://github.com/SeleniumHQ/selenium/
Author: UNKNOWN
Author-email: UNKNOWN
License: Apache 2.0
Location: c:\python3.7\lib\site-packages\selenium-4.0.0a3-py3.7.egg
Requires: urllib3
Required-by:

Answer 4

There's also a tool called pip-check which gives you a quick overview of all installed packages and their update status:

Haven't used it myself; just stumbled upon it and this SO question in quick succession, and since it wasn't mentioned...

Answer 5

I just sent a pull request in pip with the enhancement Hugo Tavares said:

(specloud as example)

$ pip show specloud

Package: specloud
Version: 0.4.4
Requires:
nose
figleaf
pinocchio

Answer 6

On windows, you can issue command such as:

pip show setuptools | findstr "Version"

Output:

Version: 34.1.1