Matplotlib – downloading modules with whl extensions
We will use several additional Python modules that Matplotlib requires and, in this recipe, we will download them using Python's new module distribution standard, called wheel.
Note
You can find the Python Enhancement Proposal (PEP) for the new wheel standard at the following URL: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0427/
Getting ready
In order to download Python modules with a whl extension, the Python wheel module has to be installed first, which was explained in the previous recipe.
How to do it...
Let's download numpy-1.9.2+mkl-cp34-none-win_amd64.whl
from the web. After installing the wheel module, we can use pip to install packages with whl file extensions.
Note
Pip ships with Python 3.4.3 and ...
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