pip

standard python package manager

• see also uv

updates and upgrades

new is always better!

list outdated packages

pip list --outdated

upgrade package

upgrade pip in this case:

pip install -U pip

upgrade all outdated packages:

pip list --outdated --format=json | jq -r '.[] | "\(.name)==\(.latest_version)"' | xargs --no-run-if-empty -n1 pip install -U

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upgrade packages from file

pip install -U -r requirements.txt

versioning

put it like this in your requirements.txt file to always stick to the latest minor version:

gunicorn>=19.9

this will install gunicorn 19.9.1 and 19.9.2 and so on.