Installation - pyqt/python-qt5 GitHub Wiki
If you are looking for instruction on how to build it go here
To install PyQt5 on your system you will need.
Download
You can either..
A. Clone the repository
To clone, ensure you have Git available on your system.
$ git clone https://github.com/pyqt/python-qt5.git
B. Or download the zip
- Download archive
- Unpack
- Rename from
python-qt5-master
topython-qt5
Install
Next we need to integrate the installation with your current installation of Python.
$ cd c:\path\to\python-qt5
$ python -c "import util;util.createqtconf()"
Install globally
From here, to use PyQt5 you will need to either append the \python-qt5
directory to your PYTHONPATH
or install it globally like this.
$ python setup.py install
Test
$ set PYTHONPATH=c:\github\python-qt5 # Only if you cloned
$ python
>>> import sys
>>> from PyQt5 import QtWidgets
>>> app = QtWidgets.QApplication(sys.argv)
>>> button = QtWidgets.QPushButton("Hello")
>>> button.setFixedSize(400, 400)
>>> button.show()
>>> app.exec_()
Bugs
Python Qt5 is fully encapsulated and requires no further tweaking. If this isn't true for you, that is a bug and you may submit an issue or pull-request with a fix.