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pradyunsg committed May 18, 2020
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network access altogether. If you want a local install solution that
circumvents accessing PyPI, see :ref:`Installing from local packages`.

The default location for the cache directory depends on the Operating System:
The default location for the cache directory depends on the operating system:

Unix
:file:`~/.cache/pip` and it respects the ``XDG_CACHE_HOME`` directory.
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Windows
:file:`<CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA>\\pip\\Cache`

Run ``pip cache dir`` to show the cache directory and see :ref:`pip cache` to
inspect and manage pip’s cache.


.. _`Wheel cache`:

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