8.52. Wheel-0.40.0

Wheel is a Python library that is the reference implementation of the Python wheel packaging standard.

Approximate build time: less than 0.1 SBU
Required disk space: 1.3 MB

8.52.1. Installation of Wheel

Compile Wheel with the following command:

pip3 wheel -w dist --no-build-isolation --no-deps $PWD

Install Wheel with the following command:

pip3 install --no-index --find-links=dist wheel

8.52.2. Contents of Wheel

Installed program: wheel
Installed directories: /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/wheel and /usr/lib/python3.11/site-packages/wheel-0.40.0.dist-info

Short Descriptions

wheel

is a utility to unpack, pack, or convert wheel archives