How handle pip and pip cache in windows?

Question

I'm stuck in pip installation process..

1.how can ignore pip cache

2.how can remove all packages for pip

3.can pip/cache folder deletion is safe

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11248073/what-is-the-easiest-way-to-remove-all-packages-installed-by-pip — FlyingTeller, Apr 13 '22 at 07:59
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37513597/is-it-safe-to-delete-cache-pip-directory — FlyingTeller, Apr 13 '22 at 08:00
Each part of this question has been adressed before here on stackoverflow and can also be found in pip's documentation — FlyingTeller, Apr 13 '22 at 08:01

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 12 '22 at 15:47

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remove all packages

pip freeze | xargs pip uninstall -y
install any packages without pip cache

pip --no-cache-dir install -r requirements.txt
removes all wheel files related to matplotlib from pip's cache

pip cache remove matplotlib
to clear all wheel files from pip's cache.

pip cache purge
configure pip to not use the cache "globally" (in all commands).

pip config set global.no-cache-dir false

edited Apr 12 '22 at 15:47

S.B

answered Apr 12 '22 at 15:32

`xargs` is not an approach that works on windows – FlyingTeller Apr 13 '22 at 08:01

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