pip wont install .WHL files

Question

When I try to install any .WHL from gohike by typing into the cmd C:\\Users\\owner\\Downloads>pip install TA_Lib-0.4.9-cp27-none-win_amd64.WHLI get this print ou

Answer 1

You have an outdated pip which does not understand wheels. Wheels are not even supposed to have a setup.py inside.

Try upgrading pip with pip install --upgrade pip and then running the command again.