How to list all installed packages and their versions in Python?

Question

Is there a way in Python to list all installed packages and their versions?

I know I can go inside python/Lib/site-packages and see what files and direc

Answer 1

You can try : Yolk

For install yolk, try:

easy_install yolk

Yolk is a Python tool for obtaining information about installed Python packages and querying packages avilable on PyPI (Python Package Index).

You can see which packages are active, non-active or in development mode and show you which have newer versions available by querying PyPI.