I mostly use below python commands in my daily development so this post will be updated frequently.

List all user-installed packages

This command will display all packages installed for the current user.

pip list --user

This will list all user-installed packages in a format suitable for input to pip uninstall or pip install -r

pip freeze --user

List all packages with locations

pip list --verbose

Package            Version   Location                                                                     Installer
------------------ --------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------
certifi            2024.8.30 /Users/kenanhancer/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages                       pip
charset-normalizer 3.3.2     /Users/kenanhancer/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages                       pip
idna               3.10      /Users/kenanhancer/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages                       pip
pip                24.2      /Users/kenanhancer/.asdf/installs/python/3.12.5/lib/python3.12/site-packages pip
pipenv             2024.0.3  /Users/kenanhancer/.asdf/installs/python/3.12.5/lib/python3.12/site-packages pip
requests           2.32.3    /Users/kenanhancer/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages                       pip
urllib3            2.2.3     /Users/kenanhancer/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages                       pip

Find the User Site-Packages Directory

python -m site --user-site

Automated uninstallation of user-installed packages

xargs pip uninstall -y takes the list and runs pip uninstall -y [package] for each one.

pip freeze --user | xargs pip uninstall -y

pip freeze --user | %{pip uninstall -y $_}

Manual uninstallation of user-installed packages

If you prefer to review the packages before uninstalling:

pip freeze --user > user_packages.txt

xargs -a user_packages.txt pip uninstall -y

Installing a package for specific major and minor version

Installing a package using --user option will make it available for all major and minor version.

Assume that i have Python runtimes as 3.12.5 and 3.12.6 I set global Python runtime as 3.12.6, then i created a project and set Python runtime as 3.12.5 if i install poetry by running pip install poetry --user in Python runtime 3.12.5, it is installed in ~/.local/lib/python3.12/site-packages so it will be available for 3.12.x