title: installing numpy from wheel format on windows ( not a supported wheel on this platform.)
body: <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/28460783/installing-numpy-from-wheel-format-is-not-a-supported-wheel-on-this-platfor?rq=1">Installing numpy from wheel format: &quot;...is not a supported wheel on this platform&quot;</a></p>
  
  <p>I know this question has been asked before but none of the solutions suggested resolved my issue. </p>
  
  <p>First, just like everybody else, i went to <a href="http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#jpype" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.lfd.uci.edu/~gohlke/pythonlibs/#jpype</a> and downloaded <code>numpy-1.10.4+mkl-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl</code> since my windows 10 is 64bit and my python is 2.7.</p>
  
  <p>Then i set the path to where the file is  <code>cd Desktop</code> and then typed <code>pip install numpy-1.10.4+mkl-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl</code>. </p>
  
  <p>In return i get <code>numpy-1.10.4+mkl-cp27-cp27m-win_amd64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.</code> </p>
  
  <p>Then, i wanted to make sure that i was running the correct whl file. So, i typed <code>python</code> in the terminal window to check the version and whatnot and got the following message <code>Python 2.7.11 (v2.7.11:6d1b6a68f775, Dec  5 2015, 20:32:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32</code>   </p>
  
  <p>It puzzles me that it says <code>win32</code> when I have windows 10 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor </p>
  
  <p>Either way, i tried `numpy-1.10.4+mkl-cp27-cp27m-win32.whl', to no avail. </p>