doesn't setup.py develop use wheel for install_requires?

Question

I have the impression that (using setuptools):

python setup.py develop

Won't use wheels when installing required packages (specified in install_requires).

Questions:

is my impression correct?
is there a way to force it to use wheel?

I am talking about this particular setup script.

`python setup.py develop` doesn't use WHEEL for install_requires. You may find more info @ http://pythonwheels.com/ — Pralhad Narsinh Sonar, Jun 06 '15 at 18:25
I've encountered the same issue and pythonwheels.com provides no information on this. @PralhadNarsinhSonar — toes, Mar 01 '17 at 18:19

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 08 '17 at 21:48

For whatever reason, setuptools simply wont use wheels. The likely explanation is that setuptools is older than wheels, and no one has updated it to use them.

Using pip install . works however, since pip is fine with wheels. In your case with python setup.py develop that would be pip install --editable ..

So, to answer your points:

Yes, setup.py/setuptools wont use wheels.
No, not at this time. But you could use pip instead of running setup.py directly.

doesn't setup.py develop use wheel for install_requires?

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