pip – How do I install a Python package with a .whl file?

pip – How do I install a Python package with a .whl file?

I just used the following which was quite simple. First open a console then cd to where youve downloaded your file like some-package.whl and use

pip – How do I install a Python package with a .whl file?

pip install some-package.whl

Note: if pip.exe is not recognized, you may find it in the Scripts directory from where python has been installed. If pip is not installed, this page can help:
How do I install pip on Windows?

Note: for clarification
If you copy the *.whl file to your local drive (ex. C:some-dirsome-file.whl) use the following command line parameters —

pip install C:/some-dir/some-file.whl

First, make sure you have updated pip to enable wheel support:

pip install --upgrade pip

Then, to install from wheel, give it the directory where the wheel is downloaded. For example, to install package_name.whl:

pip install --use-wheel --no-index --find-links=/where/its/downloaded package_name

pip – How do I install a Python package with a .whl file?

There are several file versions on the great Christoph Gohlkes site.

Something I have found important when installing wheels from this site is to first run this from the Python console:

import pip
print(pip.pep425tags.get_supported())

so that you know which version you should install for your computer. Picking the wrong version may fail the installing of the package (especially if you dont use the right CPython tag, for example, cp27).