title: whl is not a supported wheel on this platform
body: <p>I am new to python, and am trying to install some modules/packages using .whl file.  The system does not have access to the internet so everything is local.</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>I'm running RHEL 6.9 64bit 2.6.32-696.10.1.el6.x86_64</li>
  <li><p>Python is version 2.7.12 (altinstalled with 2.6)</p></li>
  <li><p>platform.architecture()
  ('64bit', 'ELF')</p></li>
  <li><p>I'm running pip 9.0.1</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Attempt at installing numpy:</p>
  
  <pre><code># /usr/local/bin/pip2.7 install numpy-1.13.3-cp27-cp27m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl
  numpy-1.13.3-cp27-cp27m-manylinux1_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So what am I missing?</p>