Pip – Install Specific Version of a Package

By default, the pip install command installs the latest version of a package.

However, it is often necessary to install an old version of a package to much some specific requirements.

In this post i am showing how to install the specific version of a package using the pip install command.

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Pip – Install Specific Version of a Package

List all available versions of a package:

$ pip install <PACKAGE>==

Install the specific version of a package:

$ pip install <PACKAGE>==<VERSION>

The specific versions of the packages can also be defined in requirements.txt file:

MySQL-python==1.2.3
WebOb==1.2.3
numpy==1.11.1

Install the specific versions of the packages from the requirements.txt file:

$ pip install -r requirements.txt