How to use Python's pip to download and keep the zipped files for a package?

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Solution

`pip install --download` is deprecated. Starting from version 8.0.0 you should use `pip download` command:

 pip download <package-name>

Problem

If I want to use the `pip` command to download a package (and its dependencies), but keep all of the zipped files that get downloaded (say, django-socialregistration.tar.gz) - is there a way to do that? I've tried various command-line options, but it always seems to unpack and delete the zipfile - or it gets the zipfile, but only for the original package, not the dependencies.

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