[Tutor] downloading the whl

[Mats Wichmann]

On 10/14/20 9:03 AM, john fabiani wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I realize that I can use pip to install modules by using 'pip install
> module'.  However, I have to do this for about 10 modules to install a
> program.  Is it possible to retrieve the 'whl' file save it on a local
> drive so I can instead of using the internet to retrieve the whl?
> 
> If it possible to retrieve the module whl how is it done?  All of the
> modules I need are on pypi.org.


You can use the pip "download" command, or if you've done the install on
one machine, the downloaded packages can be found in the cache (although
you have to do a little hunting for that).

You can put the modules you need into a requirements.txt file and use
that to drive the install/download.