Is there an alternative to pip freeze in order to keep packages up to date?

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So I am setting up a Github repository with Gitpod through my Ipad. I learned I could use this command in order to easily load every requirement with the .gitpod.yml file.

pip freeze > requirements.txt

My question is: inside the requirements file, the packages are listed with their current version, but I would love them all to be of the form:

pandas==*

and not:

pandas==1.4.1

Thanks in advance for any help!

Found an answer here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5900201/pip-freeze-without-dependencies-of-installed-packages — Santiago Ruiz Zuluaga, Mar 23 '22 at 14:15

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 23 '22 at 16:33

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You can do:

pip freeze | sed 's|==.*|==*|g' > requirements.txt

answered Mar 23 '22 at 16:33

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 23 '22 at 03:13

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inside the requirements file, the packages are listed with their current version

...keep packages up to date?

Then put the entry as just pandas without any version number:

pandas

It will upgrade to the latest version whenever you do pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt.

Note that you shouldn't do this in a production environment because it's possible for a future version to become incompatible with your current code or other libraries.

answered Mar 23 '22 at 03:13

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Thank you for the answer!.. And is there a way to create the requirements file without the version of each dependency? I am using `pip freeze > requirements.txt` but it adds the version automatically. – Santiago Ruiz Zuluaga Mar 23 '22 at 13:30

Is there an alternative to pip freeze in order to keep packages up to date?

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