Identifying the dependency relationship for python packages installed with pip

Question

When I do a pip freeze I see large number of Python packages that I didn\'t explicitly install, e.g.

$ pip freeze
Cheetah==2.4.3
GnuPGInterface==0.3.2
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Answer 1

The pip show command will show what packages are required for the specified package (note that the specified package must already be installed):

$ pip show specloud

Package: specloud
Version: 0.4.4
Requires:
nose
figleaf
pinocchio

pip show was introduced in pip version 1.4rc5