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