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Where to place wheel file for installation using pip?

I want to install NumPy on Windows 7 on Python 3.6.2, using Christoph Gohlke's wheel: 

numpy-1.14.3+mkl-cp36-cp36m-win_amd64.whl.

The link at How do I install a Python package with a .whl file? says I can install it using pip with the following command: 

pip install C:/some-dir/some-file.whl

My question is: where should I place the wheel file prior to installing it? Should it be placed in the Python folder C:\Program Files\Python36\ or can I place the wheel file at any arbitrary location and still have it install correctly? I assume the actual installation will be in the Python36 folder to enable importing into Python, but I don't want to mess up the installation by putting the wheel file in the wrong place.

Thanks for any help on this.

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The answer to this question is you can place it anywhere on your computer. On Windows, install it from the Python command prompt with:

py -m pip install full_path_to_Package

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