def _find_pip_info(self):
        """
        Try to find information about the installed package from pip.
        This should be wrapped in a try/except.

        :returns: information from pip about ``self.package_name``.
        :rtype: dict
        """
        res = {}
        dist = None
        dist_name = self.package_name.replace('_', '-')
        logger.debug('Checking for pip distribution named: %s', dist_name)
        for d in pip.get_installed_distributions():
            if d.project_name == dist_name:
                dist = d
        if dist is None:
            logger.debug('could not find dist matching package_name')
            return res
        logger.debug('found dist: %s', dist)
        self._pip_locations = [dist.location]
        ver, url = self._dist_version_url(dist)
        res['version'] = ver
        res['url'] = url
        # this is a bit of an ugly, lazy hack...
        req = pip.FrozenRequirement.from_dist(dist, [])
        logger.debug('pip FrozenRequirement: %s', req)
        res['requirement'] = str(req.req)
        return res