Create wheel artifacts for dependencies.
Section: Wheelhouse and offline patterns
Build wheels for requirements
bash
bash
python -m pip wheel -r requirements.txt -w ./wheelhouseExplanation
Builds or downloads wheel files into a local directory for faster later installs.
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Install only from a local wheelhouse
Install using local artifacts and no package index.
Install a requirements file
Install project dependencies from requirements.txt.
Install development requirements
Install a second requirements file for dev-only tools.