pip list available packages

[metulburr]

how can i get pip (pip3) to list packages available for installing?

i dont think pip has such an option because the output be would nearly a quarter of a million packages long. And thats just the name of the package. The best option is to look at pypi as described above.

Usually people dont just install packages at random, but install a package after reading about it. And that it might simplify a task they need to accomplish.