Installing specific package versions with pip

Question

I want to install MySQL_python adapter (v1.2.2) using a new virtual env I created with a - -no-site-packages option. PyPi 1.2.3 is the current version, can someone suggest me to install the older version? I tried this:

pip install MySQL_python==1.2.2

In site packages it shows MySQL_python-1.2.3-py2.6.egg-info , How can I do it?

Answer 1

It's very easy to do, just use pip install command, Ex.

pip install 'package>=0.3.0,<0.5.0'

and for downgrading just use --force-reinstall after it, like:

pip install 'stevedore>=0.3.0,<0.5.0' --force-reinstall

Answer 2

One way as suggested in this post is to mention version in pip as

pip install -Iv MySQL_python==1.2.2

You can use the following video tutorials to clear all your doubts:-