wheel unpack

Usage

wheel unpack <wheel_file>

Description

Unpack the given wheel file.

This is the equivalent of unzip <wheel_file>, except that it also checks that the hashes and file sizes match with those in RECORD and exits with an error if it encounters a mismatch.

Options

-d, --dest <dir>

Directory to unpack the wheel into.

Examples

• Unpack a wheel:

  $ wheel unpack someproject-1.5.0-py2-py3-none.whl
  Unpacking to: ./someproject-1.5.0
  

• If a file’s hash does not match:

  $ wheel unpack someproject-1.5.0-py2-py3-none.whl
  Unpacking to: ./someproject-1.5.0
  Traceback (most recent call last):
  ...
  wheel.install.BadWheelFile: Bad hash for file 'mypackage/module.py'
  $ echo $?
  1