Unable to use pip, for search pyserial.

ajiten · 04-14-2024, 05:59 AM

Am learning to use pip the first time, & followed the video got on googling, & started following the steps given in result.

But, face issues at 0:44, as the command: 'pip search pyserial', gives error:

Code:

ERROR: XMLRPC request failed [code: -32500]
RuntimeError: PyPI no longer supports 'pip search' (or XML-RPC search). Please use https://pypi.org/search (via a browser) instead. See https://warehouse.pypa.io/api-reference/xml-rpc.html#deprecated-methods for more information.

P S: The output is shown in red color, which am seeing for the first time.

grail · 04-14-2024, 09:20 PM

So you have followed the error instructions and that also does not work?

ajiten · 04-15-2024, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grail

So you have followed the error instructions and that also does not work?

Saw no logic in searching in browser, as it searches in www; but I needed information about if the package pysearch is installed in my system.

Please tell what went wrong.

pan64 · 04-15-2024, 12:57 AM

1. the pip search command will not tell you if a package is installed, it will tell you if there is a package available on the remote side. Using a browser will do the same.
2. if you want to check the installed packages just run pip list, and probably grep for your package name.
As usual, it is well documented, why don't you read it?