@enough-analyst-54434 the new split between

download()

and

install()

is a joy to use. i can't tell you how happy i was when i could type:

>>> x = download(['absl-py==0.9.0'])
>>> x
[LocalDistribution(...), LocalDistribution(...)]
>>> from pex.resolver import install
>>> y = install(x)
>>> y
[InstalledDistribution(...)]