in order to select the desired version: pkg_resources.require("%(name)s") # latest installed version pkg_resources.require("%(name)s==%(version)s") # this exact version pkg_resources.require("%(name)s>=%(version)s") # this version or higher zõ Note also that the installation directory must be on sys.path at runtime for this to work. (e.g. by being the application's script directory, by being on PYTHONPATH, or by being added to sys.path by your code.) Ú Installedc