How do I install a Python package with a whl file

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I m having trouble installing a Python package on my Windows machine  and would like to install it with Christoph Gohlke s Window binaries   Which  to my experience  alleviated much of the fuss for many other package installations   However  only  whl files are available   http   www lfd uci edu  gohlke pythonlibs  jpype  But how do I install  whl files   Notes   I ve found documents on wheel  but they don t seem so staightforward in explaining how to install  whl files  This question is a duplicate with this question  which wasn t directly answered

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The only way I managed to install NumPy was as follows:

I downloaded NumPy from here https://pypi.python.org/pypi/numpy

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https://pypi.python.org/packages/d7/3c/d8b473b517062cc700575889d79e7444c9b54c6072a22189d1831d2fbbce/numpy-1.11.2-cp35-none-win32.whl#md5=e485e06907826af5e1fc88608d0629a2

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PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Python35-32> .\python -m pip install C:/Users/MyUsername/Documents/Programs/Python/numpy-1.11.2-cp35-none-win32.whl
Processing c:\users\MyUsername\documents\programs\numpy-1.11.2-cp35-none-win32.whl
Installing collected packages: numpy
Successfully installed numpy-1.11.2
PS C:\Program Files (x86)\Python35-32>

PS.: I installed it on Windows 10.

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I just used the following which was quite simple  First open a console then cd to where you ve downloaded your file like some-package whl and use  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-dir some-file whl  use the following command line parameters --    pip install C  some-dir some-file whl

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You have to run pip exe from the command prompt on my computer   I type C  Python27 Scripts pip2 exe install numpy

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On Windows you can t just upgrade using pip install --upgrade pip  because the pip exe is in use and there would be an error replacing it  Instead  you should upgrade pip like this   easy install --upgrade pip   Then check the pip version   pip --version   If it shows 6 x series  there is wheel support   Only then  you can install a wheel package like this   pip install your-package whl

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EDIT  THIS NO LONGER IS A PART OF PIP  To avoid having to download such files  you can try   pip install --use-wheel pillow   For more information  see this

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New Python users on Windows often forget to add Python s  Scripts directory to the PATH variable during the installation  I recommend to use the Python launcher and execute pip as a script with the -m switch  Then you can install the wheels for a specific Python version  if more than one are installed  and the Scripts directory doesn t have to be in the PATH  So open the command line  navigate  with the cd command  to the folder where the  whl file is located and enter   py -3 6 -m pip install your whl file whl   Replace 3 6 by your Python version or just enter -3 if the desired Python version appears first in the PATH  And with an active virtual environment  py -m pip install your whl file whl   Of course you can also install packages from PyPI in this way  e g   py -3 6 -m pip install pygame

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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

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You can install the  whl file  using pip install filename  Though to use it in this form  it should be in the same directory as your command line  otherwise specify the complete filename  along with its address like pip install C  Some PAth filename   Also make sure the  whl file is of the same platform as you are using  do a python -V to find out which version of Python you are running and if it is win32 or 64  install the correct version according to it

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There s a slight difference between accessing the  whl file in python2 and python3 In python3 you need to install wheel first and then you can access  whl files  Python3 pip install wheel  And then by using wheel wheel unpack some-package whl  Python2 pip install some-package whl

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There are several file versions on the great Christoph Gohlke s 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 don t use the right CPython tag  for example  cp27

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To be able to install wheel files with a simple doubleclick on them you can do one the following   1  Run two commands in command line under administrator privileges   assoc  whl pythonwheel ftype pythonwheel cmd  c pip exe install   1    amp  pause   2  Alternatively  they can be copied into a wheel bat file and executed with  Run as administrator  checkbox in the properties   PS pip exe is assumed to be in the PATH   Update    1  Those can be combined in one line   assoc  whl pythonwheel amp  ftype pythonwheel cmd  c pip exe install -U   1    amp  pause    2  Syntax for  bat files is slightly different   assoc  whl pythonwheel amp  ftype pythonwheel cmd  c pip exe install -U    1    amp  pause   Also its output can be made more verbose    assoc  whl pythonwheel   echo Run me with administrator rights   amp  amp  pause  amp  amp  exit 1  ftype pythonwheel cmd  c pip exe install -U    1    amp  pause    echo Installation error  amp  amp  pause  amp  amp  exit 1  echo Installation successfull  amp  pause   see my blog post for details

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On the MacOS  with pip installed via MacPorts into the MacPorts python2 7  I had to use  Dunes solution   sudo python -m pip install some-package whl   Where python was replaced by the MacPorts python in my case  which is python2 7 or python3 5 for me   The -m option is  Run library module as script  according to the manpage    I had previously run sudo port install py27-pip  py27-wheel to install pip and wheel into my python 2 7 installation first

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I would be suggesting you the exact way how to install  whl file  Initially I faced many issues but then I solved it  Here is my trick to install  whl files   Follow The Steps properly in order to get a module imported   Make sure your  whl file is kept in the python 2 7 3 6 3 7    folder  Initially when you download the  whl file the file is kept in downloaded folder  my  suggestion  is to change the folder  It makes it easier to install the file  Open command prompt and open the folder where you have kept the file by entering      cd c  python 3 7   3 Now  enter the command written below   gt py -3 7 version name  -m pip install  file name  whl    Click enter and make sure you enter the version you are currently using with correct  file name  Once you press enter  wait for few minutes and the file will be installed and you will  be able to import the particular module  In order to check if the module is installed successfully  import the module in idle  and check it    Thank you

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I am in the same boat as the OP   Using a Windows command prompt  from directory   C  Python34 Scripts gt  pip install wheel   seemed to work   Changing directory to where the whl was located  it just tells me  pip is not recognized   Going back to C  Python34 Scripts gt   then using the full command above to provide the  where its downloaded  location  it says Requirement  scikit image-   -win32 whl  looks like a filename  but the filename does not exist   So I dropped a copy of the  whl in Python34 Scripts  ran the exact same command over again  with the --find-links  still going to the other folder   and this time it worked

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What I did was first updating the pip by using the command   pip install --upgrade pip and then I also installed wheel by using command  pip install wheel and then it worked perfectly Fine   Hope it works for you I guess

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In-case if you unable to install specific package directly using PIP   You can download a specific  whl  wheel  package from - https   www lfd uci edu  gohlke pythonlibs    CD  Change directory  to that downloaded package and install it manually by - pip install PACKAGENAME whl ex  pip install ad3-2 1-cp27-cp27m-win32 whl

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Download the package   whl    Put the file inside the script folder of python directory  C  Python36 Scripts   Use the command prompt to install the package   C  Python36 Scripts gt pip install package name whl

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The only way I managed to install NumPy was as follows:

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