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

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Problem

I'm trying to install a Python package on Windows, using Christoph Gohlke's Windows binaries here:

http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#jpype

The package is made available here as a .whl file. How do I install that?

Solution

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

Code Snippets

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

Context

Stack Overflow Q#27885397, score: 1546

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