pypa/installer

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A low-level library for installing from a Python wheel distribution.

Stars: 148
Forks: 68
Open beginner issues: 0
Indexed issues: 19
Avg merge: 7d 4h
Merged PRs (30d): 1

Dominant language: Python
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Aug 31, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 19, 2026
Contributing guide: Contributing guide
Code of conduct: Code of conduct
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19 open issues indexed

Can't unpack wheel when script and entry_point have the same name Open

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/installer#315 · Opened Mar 21, 2026
installer continues and succeeds when a particular subcommand fails Open

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 50/100

pypa/installer#311 · 6 comments · Opened Feb 11, 2026
Error in unicode entry scripts Open

component: scripts type: feature

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 48/100

pypa/installer#252 · 8 comments · Opened Dec 8, 2024
Optionally don't write a RECORD file Open

component: records type: feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/installer#246 · 4 comments · Opened Oct 21, 2024
RFE: add handle `--user` switch Open

component: CLI type: feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/installer#214 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 3, 2024
Add wheel file validation for entry_points.txt Open

type: feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/installer#198 · 3 comments · Opened Oct 13, 2023
`data_dir` lacks optional build tag Open

component: destinations type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

pypa/installer#193 · 2 comments · Opened Aug 3, 2023
Compute wheel content hashes once Open

component: core type: feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 48/100

pypa/installer#189 · Opened May 30, 2023
Installer compiles bytecode for wrong python version Open

component: core type: bug

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 30/100

pypa/installer#172 · 5 comments · Opened Mar 14, 2023
data_dir heuristics Open

component: destinations type: discussion

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/installer#171 · Opened Mar 13, 2023
Always normalize RECORD files to forward-slash when writing Open

component: records type: task

Difficulty 2/5 1-3 hours Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/installer#158 · 1 comment · Opened Dec 13, 2022
Bring over nuances and "special" handling of edge cases from pip's wheel install logic Open

component: core type: feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/installer#153 · Opened Dec 2, 2022
Expose a utility function to use for sysconfig/distutils paths+scheme handling like pip Open

component: core type: feature

Difficulty 5/5 Over a week Newbie friendliness 25/100

pypa/installer#145 · 3 comments · Opened Nov 9, 2022
Always set owner's read bit, in files written Open

component: destinations type: task

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

pypa/installer#140 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 28, 2022
Specifying destdir as empty string leads to no scripts installed Open

component: destinations type: bug

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 45/100

pypa/installer#136 · 1 comment · Opened Aug 15, 2022
Support for alternative installation schemes Open

component: core type: feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 42/100

pypa/installer#120 · 12 comments · Opened Apr 24, 2022
Expose some helper functions in WheelSource Open

component: sources type: feature

Difficulty 4/5 3-5 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/installer#116 · 2 comments · Opened Mar 30, 2022
Handle wheels whose RECORD file doesn't match Open

component: core component: sources type: task

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/installer#100 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jan 26, 2022
Resolve normalised vs original distribution names Open

component: sources type: task

Difficulty 3/5 1-2 days Newbie friendliness 35/100

pypa/installer#97 · Opened Jan 14, 2022

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