.whl is not a valid wheel filename, storing debug log for failure in C:\

Question

I am having trouble installing a wheel file via pip.

I open my command prompt
write the following in the prompt

C:/Python34/Scripts/pip install C:/Users/Hamsa/Downloads/pygame.whl
Then I get this message

pygame.whl is not a valid wheel filename. Storing debug log for failure in C:\Users\Hamsa\pip\pip.log

I don't what to do and I need your help.

I know `pip` isn't the full filename for that - have you tried using the full, exact filenames for everything? — TigerhawkT3, Oct 19 '15 at 11:43
what does `import pip; print(pip.pep425tags.get_supported())` give? — Vaulstein, Oct 19 '15 at 11:50
This is some of what I have in the text document: C:\Python34\Scripts\pip run on 10/19/15 13:49:11 pygame.whl is not a valid wheel filename... — Kimbly North, Oct 19 '15 at 11:55
Did you change the original name of the .whl file? If you did then it won't work, use the original name and try it — MrPedru22, Oct 19 '15 at 11:56
If I use the original name I get this message "... is not supported wheel on this platform" — Kimbly North, Oct 19 '15 at 12:12
My `.whl` file was a result of `wheel convert some.egg`. I renamed original `.whl` which leads to pip complaining about "not a valid filename". When I use original filename everything works as expected. — Wlad, Oct 19 '16 at 09:16

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 24 '17 at 14:59

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You should correct name format for installing wheel file. Because wheel file name also includes many information such as the version of program, supported python version. Your command should be like the command below.

pip install pygame‑1.9.3‑cp34‑cp34m‑win_amd64.whl

answered Jan 24 '17 at 14:59

Harun ERGUL

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Thank you. converting underscore to dash (except the last one) solved my problem – Saleh Jun 23 '18 at 14:57

Harshdeep Sokhey · Answer 2 · 2017-01-24T15:12:17.307

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If the answer suggested by @Harun doesnot work, try

python -m pip install <whl file name with complete path>.whl

If u have more than 1 Python versions installed , check which version of python is being used to install the package using:

python -v

Also refer to pygame readme for an official installation guide.

edited Jan 24 '17 at 15:12

answered Jan 24 '17 at 15:06

Harshdeep Sokhey

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If any of the answers works, kindly upvote and Mark that answer as correct. It will help anyone who faces a similar issue. – Harshdeep Sokhey Jan 24 '17 at 15:08

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 16 '23 at 10:45

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download fasttext-0.9.2-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl wheel file from lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/ and then cd download path

pip3 install fasttext-0.9.2-cp39-cp39-win_amd64.whl

after that

pip install fasttext

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answered Mar 09 '23 at 07:15

Himanshu Singhal

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.whl is not a valid wheel filename, storing debug log for failure in C:\

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