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| author | Dustin Ingram <di@users.noreply.github.com> | 2020-09-24 12:11:47 -0500 |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2020-09-24 20:11:47 +0300 |
| commit | 2e90eef2e52dab03cff1f71bcb8931ce141e320d (patch) | |
| tree | 26d78ee52b05806a0ab7425e425798c3e7d5aed4 /docs | |
| parent | 9cdf053333f521a549d564b64f9d12a1a1d58a57 (diff) | |
| download | wheel-git-2e90eef2e52dab03cff1f71bcb8931ce141e320d.tar.gz | |
Removed 'wheel install' from docs (#377)
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diff --git a/docs/user_guide.rst b/docs/user_guide.rst index 121b86d..6517258 100644 --- a/docs/user_guide.rst +++ b/docs/user_guide.rst @@ -79,22 +79,8 @@ This can be changed with the ``--dest-dir`` option:: Installing Wheels ----------------- -.. note:: The ``wheel install`` command is merely a Proof-Of-Concept - implementation and lacks many features provided by pip_. It is meant only - as an example for implementors of packaging tools. End users should use - ``pip install`` instead. +To install a wheel file, use pip_:: -To install a wheel file in ``site-packages``:: - - $ wheel install someproject-1.5.0-py2-py3-none.whl - -This will unpack the archive in your current site packages directory and -install any console scripts contained in the wheel. - -You can accomplish the same in two separate steps (with ``<site-packages-dir>`` -being the path to your ``site-packages`` directory:: - - $ wheel unpack -d <site-packages-dir> someproject-X.Y.Z-py2-py3-none.whl - $ wheel install-scripts someproject + $ pip install someproject-1.5.0-py2-py3-none.whl .. _pip: https://pypi.org/project/pip/ |