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lightning
2.1.0rc0

This version was deleted from PyPI around 2026-04-30. Installing fails with:
$ pip3 install lightning==2.1.0rc0 ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement lightning==2.1.0rc0
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And install manually via pip:
lightning-2.1.0rc0-py3-none-any.whl (1.8MB)
lightning-2.1.0rc0.tar.gz (1.5MB)