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+<h1>eric7.PipInterface.Pip</h1>
+
+<p>
+Package implementing the pip GUI logic.
+</p>
+<h3>Global Attributes</h3>
+
+<table>
+<tr><td>None</td></tr>
+</table>
+<h3>Classes</h3>
+
+<table>
+
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip">Pip</a></td>
+<td>Class implementing the pip GUI logic.</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<h3>Functions</h3>
+
+<table>
+<tr><td>None</td></tr>
+</table>
+<hr />
+<hr />
+<a NAME="Pip" ID="Pip"></a>
+<h2>Pip</h2>
+
+<p>
+ Class implementing the pip GUI logic.
+</p>
+<h3>Derived from</h3>
+QObject
+<h3>Class Attributes</h3>
+
+<table>
+<tr><td>DefaultIndexUrlPypi</td></tr><tr><td>DefaultIndexUrlSearch</td></tr><tr><td>DefaultIndexUrlSimple</td></tr><tr><td>DefaultPyPiUrl</td></tr>
+</table>
+<h3>Class Methods</h3>
+
+<table>
+<tr><td>None</td></tr>
+</table>
+<h3>Methods</h3>
+
+<table>
+
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.__init__">Pip</a></td>
+<td>Constructor</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.__checkUpgradeEric">__checkUpgradeEric</a></td>
+<td>Private method to check, if an upgrade of the eric-ide package is attempted.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.__checkUpgradePyQt">__checkUpgradePyQt</a></td>
+<td>Private method to check, if an upgrade of PyQt packages is attempted.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.cacheList">cacheList</a></td>
+<td>Public method to list files contained in the pip cache.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.cachePurge">cachePurge</a></td>
+<td>Public method to remove all files from the pip cache.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.cacheRemove">cacheRemove</a></td>
+<td>Public method to remove files from the pip cache.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.checkPackageOutdated">checkPackageOutdated</a></td>
+<td>Public method to check, if a group of packages is outdated.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getDependencyTree">getDependencyTree</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the dependency tree of installed packages.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getFrozenPackages">getFrozenPackages</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the list of package specifiers to freeze them.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getIndexUrl">getIndexUrl</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the index URL for PyPI.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getIndexUrlPypi">getIndexUrlPypi</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the index URL for PyPI API calls.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getIndexUrlSearch">getIndexUrlSearch</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the index URL for PyPI API calls.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getInstalledPackages">getInstalledPackages</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the list of installed packages.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getLicenses">getLicenses</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the licenses per package for a given environment.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getLicensesSummary">getLicensesSummary</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get a summary of licenses found in a given environment.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getNetworkAccessManager">getNetworkAccessManager</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get a reference to the network access manager object.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getOutdatedPackages">getOutdatedPackages</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the list of outdated packages.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getPackageDetails">getPackageDetails</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get package details using the PyPI JSON interface.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getPackageVersions">getPackageVersions</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get a list of versions available for the given package.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getProjectEnvironmentString">getProjectEnvironmentString</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the string for the project environment.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getUserConfig">getUserConfig</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the name of the user configuration file.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getVirtualenvConfig">getVirtualenvConfig</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the name of the virtualenv configuration file.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getVirtualenvInterpreter">getVirtualenvInterpreter</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get the interpreter for a virtual environment.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getVirtualenvNames">getVirtualenvNames</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get a sorted list of virtual environment names.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.getVulnerabilityChecker">getVulnerabilityChecker</a></td>
+<td>Public method to get a reference to the vulnerability checker object.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.installPackages">installPackages</a></td>
+<td>Public method to install the given list of packages.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.installPip">installPip</a></td>
+<td>Public method to install pip.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.installRequirements">installRequirements</a></td>
+<td>Public method to install packages as given in a requirements file.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.repairPip">repairPip</a></td>
+<td>Public method to repair the pip installation.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.runProcess">runProcess</a></td>
+<td>Public method to execute the current pip with the given arguments.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.showCacheInfo">showCacheInfo</a></td>
+<td>Public method to show some information about the pip cache.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.uninstallPackages">uninstallPackages</a></td>
+<td>Public method to uninstall the given list of packages.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.uninstallRequirements">uninstallRequirements</a></td>
+<td>Public method to uninstall packages as given in a requirements file.</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td><a href="#Pip.upgradePackages">upgradePackages</a></td>
+<td>Public method to upgrade the given list of packages.</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+<h3>Static Methods</h3>
+
+<table>
+<tr><td>None</td></tr>
+</table>
+
+<a NAME="Pip.__init__" ID="Pip.__init__"></a>
+<h4>Pip (Constructor)</h4>
+<b>Pip</b>(<i>parent=None</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Constructor
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>parent</i> (QObject)</dt>
+<dd>
+reference to the user interface object
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.__checkUpgradeEric" ID="Pip.__checkUpgradeEric"></a>
+<h4>Pip.__checkUpgradeEric</h4>
+<b>__checkUpgradeEric</b>(<i>packages</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Private method to check, if an upgrade of the eric-ide package is
+ attempted.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>packages</i> (list of str)</dt>
+<dd>
+list of packages to upgrade
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating an eric-ide upgrade
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+bool
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.__checkUpgradePyQt" ID="Pip.__checkUpgradePyQt"></a>
+<h4>Pip.__checkUpgradePyQt</h4>
+<b>__checkUpgradePyQt</b>(<i>packages</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Private method to check, if an upgrade of PyQt packages is attempted.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>packages</i> (list of str)</dt>
+<dd>
+list of packages to upgrade
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating a PyQt upgrade
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+bool
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.cacheList" ID="Pip.cacheList"></a>
+<h4>Pip.cacheList</h4>
+<b>cacheList</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to list files contained in the pip cache.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.cachePurge" ID="Pip.cachePurge"></a>
+<h4>Pip.cachePurge</h4>
+<b>cachePurge</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to remove all files from the pip cache.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.cacheRemove" ID="Pip.cacheRemove"></a>
+<h4>Pip.cacheRemove</h4>
+<b>cacheRemove</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to remove files from the pip cache.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.checkPackageOutdated" ID="Pip.checkPackageOutdated"></a>
+<h4>Pip.checkPackageOutdated</h4>
+<b>checkPackageOutdated</b>(<i>packageStart, envName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to check, if a group of packages is outdated.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>packageStart</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+start string for package names to be checked
+ (case insensitive)
+</dd>
+<dt><i>envName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get the packages for
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+tuple containing a flag indicating outdated packages and the
+ list of tuples containing the package name, installed version
+ and available version
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+tuple of (bool, (str, str, str))
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getDependencyTree" ID="Pip.getDependencyTree"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getDependencyTree</h4>
+<b>getDependencyTree</b>(<i>envName, localPackages=True, usersite=False, reverse=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the dependency tree of installed packages.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>envName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get the packages for
+</dd>
+<dt><i>localPackages</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get the tree for local
+ packages only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>usersite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get the tree for packages
+ installed in user-site directory only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>reverse</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get the dependency tree in
+ reverse order (i.e. list packages needed by other)
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of nested dictionaries resembling the requested
+ dependency tree
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of dict
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getFrozenPackages" ID="Pip.getFrozenPackages"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getFrozenPackages</h4>
+<b>getFrozenPackages</b>(<i>envName, localPackages=True, usersite=False, requirement=None</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the list of package specifiers to freeze them.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>envName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get the package specifiers
+ for
+</dd>
+<dt><i>localPackages</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get package specifiers for
+ local packages only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>usersite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get package specifiers for packages
+ installed in user-site only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>requirement</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of a requirements file
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of package specifiers
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getIndexUrl" ID="Pip.getIndexUrl"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getIndexUrl</h4>
+<b>getIndexUrl</b>(<i></i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the index URL for PyPI.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+index URL for PyPI
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getIndexUrlPypi" ID="Pip.getIndexUrlPypi"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getIndexUrlPypi</h4>
+<b>getIndexUrlPypi</b>(<i></i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the index URL for PyPI API calls.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+index URL for XML RPC calls
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getIndexUrlSearch" ID="Pip.getIndexUrlSearch"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getIndexUrlSearch</h4>
+<b>getIndexUrlSearch</b>(<i></i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the index URL for PyPI API calls.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+index URL for XML RPC calls
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getInstalledPackages" ID="Pip.getInstalledPackages"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getInstalledPackages</h4>
+<b>getInstalledPackages</b>(<i>envName, localPackages=True, notRequired=False, usersite=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the list of installed packages.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>envName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get the packages for
+</dd>
+<dt><i>localPackages</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get local packages only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>notRequired</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to list packages that are not
+ dependencies of installed packages as well
+</dd>
+<dt><i>usersite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to only list packages installed
+ in user-site
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of tuples containing the package name and version
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of tuple of (str, str)
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getLicenses" ID="Pip.getLicenses"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getLicenses</h4>
+<b>getLicenses</b>(<i>envName, localPackages=True, usersite=False, summary=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the licenses per package for a given environment.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>envName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get the licenses for
+</dd>
+<dt><i>localPackages</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get the licenses for local
+ packages only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>usersite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get the licenses for packages
+ installed in user-site directory only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>summary</i> (bool (optional))</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get a summary listing (defaults to
+ False)
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of dictionaries containing the license and version per
+ package
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+dict
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getLicensesSummary" ID="Pip.getLicensesSummary"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getLicensesSummary</h4>
+<b>getLicensesSummary</b>(<i>envName, localPackages=True, usersite=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get a summary of licenses found in a given
+ environment.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>envName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get the licenses summary for
+</dd>
+<dt><i>localPackages</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get the licenses summary for
+ local packages only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>usersite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get the licenses summary for
+ packages installed in user-site directory only
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of dictionaries containing the license and the count of
+ packages
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+dict
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getNetworkAccessManager" ID="Pip.getNetworkAccessManager"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getNetworkAccessManager</h4>
+<b>getNetworkAccessManager</b>(<i></i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get a reference to the network access manager object.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+reference to the network access manager object
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+QNetworkAccessManager
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getOutdatedPackages" ID="Pip.getOutdatedPackages"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getOutdatedPackages</h4>
+<b>getOutdatedPackages</b>(<i>envName, localPackages=True, notRequired=False, usersite=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the list of outdated packages.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>envName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get the packages for
+</dd>
+<dt><i>localPackages</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to get local packages only
+</dd>
+<dt><i>notRequired</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to list packages that are not
+ dependencies of installed packages as well
+</dd>
+<dt><i>usersite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to only list packages installed
+ in user-site
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of tuples containing the package name, installed version
+ and available version
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of tuple of (str, str, str)
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getPackageDetails" ID="Pip.getPackageDetails"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getPackageDetails</h4>
+<b>getPackageDetails</b>(<i>name, version</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get package details using the PyPI JSON interface.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+package name
+</dd>
+<dt><i>version</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+package version
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+dictionary containing PyPI package data
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+dict
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getPackageVersions" ID="Pip.getPackageVersions"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getPackageVersions</h4>
+<b>getPackageVersions</b>(<i>name</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get a list of versions available for the given
+ package.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>name</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+package name
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of available versions
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getProjectEnvironmentString" ID="Pip.getProjectEnvironmentString"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getProjectEnvironmentString</h4>
+<b>getProjectEnvironmentString</b>(<i></i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the string for the project environment.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+string for the project environment
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getUserConfig" ID="Pip.getUserConfig"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getUserConfig</h4>
+<b>getUserConfig</b>(<i></i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the name of the user configuration file.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+path of the user configuration file
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getVirtualenvConfig" ID="Pip.getVirtualenvConfig"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getVirtualenvConfig</h4>
+<b>getVirtualenvConfig</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the name of the virtualenv configuration file.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to get config file path for
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+path of the virtualenv configuration file
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getVirtualenvInterpreter" ID="Pip.getVirtualenvInterpreter"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getVirtualenvInterpreter</h4>
+<b>getVirtualenvInterpreter</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get the interpreter for a virtual environment.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+logical name for the virtual environment
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+interpreter path
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getVirtualenvNames" ID="Pip.getVirtualenvNames"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getVirtualenvNames</h4>
+<b>getVirtualenvNames</b>(<i>noRemote=False, noConda=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get a sorted list of virtual environment names.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>noRemote</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to exclude environments for remote
+ debugging
+</dd>
+<dt><i>noConda</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to exclude Conda environments
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+sorted list of virtual environment names
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+list of str
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.getVulnerabilityChecker" ID="Pip.getVulnerabilityChecker"></a>
+<h4>Pip.getVulnerabilityChecker</h4>
+<b>getVulnerabilityChecker</b>(<i></i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to get a reference to the vulnerability checker object.
+</p>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+reference to the vulnerability checker object
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+PipVulnerabilityChecker
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.installPackages" ID="Pip.installPackages"></a>
+<h4>Pip.installPackages</h4>
+<b>installPackages</b>(<i>packages, venvName="", userSite=False, interpreter="", forceReinstall=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to install the given list of packages.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>packages</i> (list of str)</dt>
+<dd>
+list of packages to install
+</dd>
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+<dt><i>userSite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating an install to the user install
+ directory
+</dd>
+<dt><i>interpreter</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+interpreter to be used for execution
+</dd>
+<dt><i>forceReinstall</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating to force a reinstall of
+ the packages
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.installPip" ID="Pip.installPip"></a>
+<h4>Pip.installPip</h4>
+<b>installPip</b>(<i>venvName, userSite=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to install pip.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to install pip into
+</dd>
+<dt><i>userSite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating an install to the user install
+ directory
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.installRequirements" ID="Pip.installRequirements"></a>
+<h4>Pip.installRequirements</h4>
+<b>installRequirements</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to install packages as given in a requirements file.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.repairPip" ID="Pip.repairPip"></a>
+<h4>Pip.repairPip</h4>
+<b>repairPip</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to repair the pip installation.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the environment to install pip into
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.runProcess" ID="Pip.runProcess"></a>
+<h4>Pip.runProcess</h4>
+<b>runProcess</b>(<i>args, interpreter</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to execute the current pip with the given arguments.
+</p>
+<p>
+ The selected pip executable is called with the given arguments and
+ waited for its end.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>args</i> (list of str)</dt>
+<dd>
+list of command line arguments
+</dd>
+<dt><i>interpreter</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+path of the Python interpreter to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+tuple containing a flag indicating success and the output
+ of the process
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+tuple of (bool, str)
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.showCacheInfo" ID="Pip.showCacheInfo"></a>
+<h4>Pip.showCacheInfo</h4>
+<b>showCacheInfo</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to show some information about the pip cache.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.uninstallPackages" ID="Pip.uninstallPackages"></a>
+<h4>Pip.uninstallPackages</h4>
+<b>uninstallPackages</b>(<i>packages, venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to uninstall the given list of packages.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>packages</i> (list of str)</dt>
+<dd>
+list of packages to uninstall
+</dd>
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating a successful execution
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+bool
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.uninstallRequirements" ID="Pip.uninstallRequirements"></a>
+<h4>Pip.uninstallRequirements</h4>
+<b>uninstallRequirements</b>(<i>venvName</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to uninstall packages as given in a requirements file.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<a NAME="Pip.upgradePackages" ID="Pip.upgradePackages"></a>
+<h4>Pip.upgradePackages</h4>
+<b>upgradePackages</b>(<i>packages, venvName, userSite=False</i>)
+
+<p>
+ Public method to upgrade the given list of packages.
+</p>
+<dl>
+
+<dt><i>packages</i> (list of str)</dt>
+<dd>
+list of packages to upgrade
+</dd>
+<dt><i>venvName</i> (str)</dt>
+<dd>
+name of the virtual environment to be used
+</dd>
+<dt><i>userSite</i> (bool)</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating an install to the user install
+ directory
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return:</dt>
+<dd>
+flag indicating a successful execution
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<dl>
+<dt>Return Type:</dt>
+<dd>
+bool
+</dd>
+</dl>
+<div align="right"><a href="#top">Up</a></div>
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