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

- **ID:** `python/pip-cache-corrupted`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** data_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

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

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.10 | active | — | — |

## 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

- **** — Uses the same corrupted cache entry. (80% fail)
- **** — May still have the corrupted file elsewhere. (50% fail)
- **** — Disables cache but also index. (70% fail)