python3-pip should recommend python-wheel-common instead of python3-wheel
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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python-pip (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
The apt packages for the python `wheel` package split up the python code and the shell command. The python code lives in apt package `python3-wheel` while the shell command `wheel` lives in `python-
`python3-pip` on Ubuntu 18.04.4 recommends `python3-wheel` but not `python-
My guess is that pip assumes that if it can import `wheel` then the `wheel` shell command is also available, which is not currently the case. Changing the recommends from `python3-wheel` to `python-
Tested on Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS. Tested within a python venv.