---
name: "pyversions"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python2-minimal"
version: "2.7.18-3"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pyversions"
---

# pyversions(1)

print python version information

## NAME

pyversions - print python version information

## SYNOPSIS

**pyversions** *\[-h\] \[-v\] \[\<options\>\]*

## DESCRIPTION

**pyversions** prints information about installed, supported python runtimes, the default runtime, and parses the information of the PythonVersion fields in the package control file.

## OPTIONS

- *-d, --default*

  Show the default python version.

- *-s, --supported*

  Show the supported python versions.

- *-r, --requested \[\<version string\>\|\<control file\>\]*

  Reads the value of the **XS-Python-Version** field in the source section of a control file and shows all matching python versions. The parameter is interpreted as a version string, if it is not the name of a file. If the XS-Python-Version field is missing, get the version information from debian/pyversions. Without any parameter, it will fall back to list the supported Python versions after checking debian/control and debian/pyversions.

- *-i, --installed*

  Show the installed supported python versions.

- *-v, --version*

  Limit the output to the version numbers of the python versions.

- *-h, --help*

  Print a help text.

## SEE ALSO

Python policy.

## AUTHOR

Matthias Klose