.. _spkg_wheel:

wheel: A built-package format for Python
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Description
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A built-package format for Python

License
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MIT

Upstream Contact
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https://pypi.org/project/wheel/


Type
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standard


Version Information
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package-version.txt::

    0.36.2

install-requires.txt::

    # https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/31050 - version constraint for macOS Big Sur support
    wheel >=0.36.2


Equivalent System Packages
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conda:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ conda install wheel python:wheel

opensuse:

.. CODE-BLOCK:: bash

    $ sudo zypper install wheel python:wheel

See https://repology.org/project/wheel/versions, https://repology.org/project/python:wheel/versions

However, these system packages will not be used for building Sage
because using Python site-packages is not supported by the Sage distribution;
see https://trac.sagemath.org/ticket/29023