How can I make a list of installed packages in a certain virtualenv?

Question

You can cd to YOUR_ENV/lib/pythonxx/site-packages/ and have a look, but is there any convenient ways?

pip freeze list all the

Answer 1

If you're still a bit confused about virtualenv you might not pick up how to combine the great tips from the answers by Ioannis and Sascha. I.e. this is the basic command you need:

/YOUR_ENV/bin/pip freeze --local

That can be easily used elsewhere. E.g. here is a convenient and complete answer, suited for getting all the local packages installed in all the environments you set up via virtualenvwrapper:

cd ${WORKON_HOME:-~/.virtualenvs}
for dir in *; do [ -d $dir ] && $dir/bin/pip freeze --local >  /tmp/$dir.fl; done
more /tmp/*.fl