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ERROR: Invalid cache entry for package-1.0-py3-none-any.whl - cache entry is corrupted

ID: python/pip-cache-corrupted

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80%Fix Rate
88%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-08-15First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.10 active — — —

Root Cause

The pip cache contains a corrupted wheel file, often due to an interrupted download or disk error.

generic

中文

pip缓存包含损坏的wheel文件，通常由于下载中断或磁盘错误。

Workarounds

  1. 90% success 
    pip cache purge
  2. 95% success 
    pip install --no-cache-dir package
  3. 90% success 
    rm -rf ~/.cache/pip

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 80% fail

    Uses the same corrupted cache entry.

  2. 50% fail

    May still have the corrupted file elsewhere.

  3. 70% fail

    Disables cache but also index.