The location of the pip cache directory#

pip uses a cache to avoid downloading packages again:

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% pip install lxml
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Collecting lxml
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  Using cached lxml-4.9.2-cp311-cp311-macosx_13_0_arm64.whl
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Installing collected packages: lxml
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Successfully installed lxml-4.9.2

The pip cache dir command can be used to find the location of that cache on your system:

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% pip cache dir
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/Users/simon/Library/Caches/pip

Wheels are cached in pip/wheels - in a nested set of folders based on a hash, for example:

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wheels/fb/5b/f7/0a27880b4a007daeff53a196d01901627f640392b7e76e76e5/lxml-4.9.2-cp311-cp311-macosx_13_0_arm64.whl

I found this pattern worked for deleting files from the cache:

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cd $(pip cache dir)
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find wheels | grep lxml | xargs rm

The location of the pip cache directory

https://mranv.pages.dev/posts/the-location-of-the-pip-cache-directory/

Author

Anubhav Gain

Published at

2024-07-22

License

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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The location of the pip cache directory