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Documentation should explain --platform, --abi, --implementation, and --python-version in more detail

See original GitHub issue

Description

on this link https://pip.pypa.io/en/stable/cli/pip_download/

In Example for Windows the platform should not be --platform macosx-10_10_x86_64, instead it should be

–platform win_amd64

Expected behavior

No response

pip version

Python version

3.9

OS

Windows

How to Reproduce

Get package from ‘…’
Then run ‘…’
An error occurs.

Output

Nil

Code of Conduct

I agree to follow the PSF Code of Conduct.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 2 years ago
Comments:5 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

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uranusjrcommented, Aug 9, 2021

We can probably list some common values

--platform: x86-64 for Windows, some modern-ish Mac, and a couple of manylinux ones.
--abi and --implementation: Maybe a couple of CPython and PyPy ones.

That should cover like 99% of packages on PyPI.

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pradyunsgcommented, Dec 16, 2022

Consolidating into #11664.

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