Python pip install from local cache

Python pip install from local cache

1)
Enable download_cache for pip.

[global]
download_cache = ~/.cache/pip

2)
Install a package
#pip install six

* Add the package "six" to cache and install

3)
Check the files in the cache
#ls -lsh ~/.cache/pip/

4)
Install the same package again and you can see that it takes from the cache
#pip install six

* Get the package "six" from cache and install

5)
You can also manually add packages to pip cache

a)

b)

c)
Modify the name
Replace "/" with %2F
Repalce ":" with %3A

d)
Create another file with above name and extension ".content-type" and add the content "application/octet-stream".

Example:

application/octet-stream