Where does pip download .whl files?

Question

I\'d like to install a certain python package with pip but because of the proxy I am sitting behind pip cannot connect to the internet.

So my question is: Where does

Answer 1

pip searches the Python package index (PyPI), each package lists downloads (including wheels, if there are any) with a direct download link on the page. Package pages have the form of https://pypi.python.org/pypi/ or https://pypi.python.org/pypi// for specific versions.

If you can only download wheels manually with your browser, it doesn't matter where you put the wheel file. Just install the wheel file directly:

pip install path/to/wheel.whl

However, pip supports downloading over a proxy just fine:

pip --proxy username:password@proxy_server:proxy_port install ...

See the --proxy command line switch documentation. You can add the proxy setting to a pip configuration file so you don't have to set it on the command line each time.