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ERROR: Invalid wheel filename (wrong number of parts): 'foo-1.0-py3-none-any.whl.whl'

ID: python/pip-download-error-invalid-wheel-filename

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80%Fix Rate
85%Confidence
0Evidence
2025-04-25First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.7 active — — —
3.8 active — — —
3.9 active — — —
3.10 active — — —

Root Cause

A wheel file has an incorrect filename, often due to a double extension or malformed name. This can happen when downloading manually or from a misconfigured index.

generic

中文

wheel 文件名不正确，通常是由于双重扩展名或格式错误。手动下载或从配置错误的索引下载时可能发生。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success 
    Re-download the wheel from PyPI using pip download: pip download <package> -d ./wheels.
  2. 98% success 
    Install directly from PyPI instead of a local file: pip install <package>.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 50% fail

    If the file content is also corrupted, renaming won't help.

  2. 90% fail

    Doesn't address the invalid filename; pip still rejects it.