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A simple guide to install PyQt5 on Mac OS X 10.9 (Maverick) and use python 3.4 on a virtualenv.
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Guide to install PyQt5 on Mac OS X with python 3.4 virtualenv

Description

A simple guide to install PyQt5 on Mac OS X 10.9 (Maverick) and use python 3.4 on a virtualenv.

Requirements

  • xcode 5.1.1
  • python 3.4.0
  • Qt libraries 5.2.1
  • SIP 4.15.5
  • PyQt 5.2.1

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installation

  • install xcode
  • install the Command Line Tools (open Xcode > Preferences > Downloads)
  • install Qt libraries (qt-opensource-mac-x64-clang-5.2.1.dmg)
  • install python 3.4
  • create a virtual env (i.e. ~/.env/ariane_mail)
  • unzip and compile SIP and PyQt
    cd /var/tmp
    cp /Users/gvincent/Downloads/PyQt-gpl-5.2.1.tar.gz .
    cp /Users/gvincent/Downloads/sip-4.15.5.tar.gz .
    tar xvf PyQt-gpl-5.2.1.tar.gz
    tar xvf sip-4.15.5.tar.gz
    cd sip-4.15.5/
    python3 configure.py -d ~/.env/ariane_mail/lib/python3.4/site-packages --arch x86_64
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo make clean
    cd ../PyQt-gpl-5.2.1/
    python3 configure.py --destdir ~/.env/ariane_mail/lib/python3.4/site-packages --qmake ~/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/clang_64/bin/qmake
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo make clean
    ~/.env/ariane_mail/bin/python -c "import PyQt5"
@martinfinke
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Thanks for the guide! Works great. The only thing you didn't mention is: Before you run configure.py for PyQt, you have to workon ariane_mail. Otherwise, it will complain that SIP wasn't found (because it's not looking in the virtualenv).

@sandokandias
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big thks!

@s200999900
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Thanks!

@wucangji
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Thanks! better than the official website....

@nbro
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nbro commented May 23, 2015

Please, specify better the reasong why you are using that code on the terminal. It is a bit difficult to guess why you are doing something or something else just from the code.

@logpanic
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Also, if you've used workon and have you virtualenv activated (assuming the intention is just to have PyQt in your virtualenv), don't use sudo as it will attempt to install at /usr/local/lib instead of your virtualenv.

@hugeface
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"python3 configure.py --destdir ~/.env/ariane_mail/lib/python3.4/site-packages --qmake ~/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/clang_64/bin/qmake" return "configure.py: error: '/Users/hugeface/Qt5.5/5.5/clang_64/bin/qmake' is not an executable"

@jsalzer1979
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@hugeface watch your path... are you sure that you installed the EXACT same Qt libraries version? If you installed Qt5.5 the path on the example isn't going to work. Also are you using the same virtualenv as on the example or did you create your own? I didn't even follow the example for the virtualenv since I use my own naming convention and also ignored the path to qmake since my path is different.

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ghost commented Oct 15, 2015

@hugeface go to '/Users/hugeface/Qt5.5/5.5/clang_64/bin/' and run 'chmod +x qmake'

@forrestzhang
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PyQt-gpl-5.5/sip/QtPositioning/qgeolocation.sip:28:10: fatal error: 'qgeolocation.h' file not found

include <qgeolocation.h>

     ^

1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [sipQtPositioningcmodule.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make: *** [sub-QtPositioning-make_first-ordered] Error 2

@NeilGirdhar
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@new-2-programming @forrestzhang Try: -disable=QtPositioning

@sancholito
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See this thread, worked for me: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33446131/pyqt5-error-during-python3-configure-py-fatal-error-qgeolocation-h-file-no/33460342#33460342

@sancholito
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That's right, after the configure step the file has gone. Is there a way to keep it there, i.e. to tell configure.py to not clean it out?

@ProfPh
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ProfPh commented Dec 1, 2015

Everything pretty much installs fine and then I get this error when trying to import any Qt module in python (from pyqt5 import QtGui):

ImportError: dlopen(/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/PyQt5/QtGui.so, 2): Library not loaded: @rpath/QtGui.framework/Versions/5/QtGui
  Referenced from: /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.4/lib/python3.4/site-packages/PyQt5/QtGui.so
  Reason: image not found

I have reinstalled Qt and PyQt5 and I did have XCode installed and accepted

edit: Solution was to give up on trying to build it from source and get it from homebrew instead

@cy-goh
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cy-goh commented Dec 7, 2015

note that you might have to include --pyuic_interpreter to point to the right python executable if you are using virtualenv. pyuic5 doesn't work without this, in my setup.

@hantsaniala
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How to fix it please?

Mac-mini:PyQt-gpl-5.2.1 Sir_001$ python3 configure.py --destdir ~/.env/Khadafi/lib/python3.4/site-packages/ --qmake ~/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/clang_64/bin/qmake Querying qmake about your Qt installation... Determining the details of your Qt installation... Error: Failed to determine the detail of your Qt installation. Try again using the --verbose flag to see more detail about the problem.

@NathanDotTo
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Many thanks for this :-)

@TPeterW
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TPeterW commented Mar 20, 2016

I apparently am missing the QtWebKit and QtWebKitWidgest with the latest Qt5.6.0 and PyQt5.5.1, and I got the following error when I tried to run spyder

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line 3119, in main
mainwindow = run_spyder(app, options, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line 3005, in run_spyder
main.setup()
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line 822, in setup
message=_("Spyder Internal Console\n\n"
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/spyderlib/plugins/console.py", line 79, in init
self.find_widget.set_editor(self.shell)
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/spyderlib/widgets/findreplace.py", line 250, in set_editor
from spyderlib.qt.QtWebKit import QWebView
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/spyderlib/qt/QtWebKit.py", line 10, in
from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebPage, QWebView # analysis:ignore
ImportError: dlopen(/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/PyQt5/QtWebKitWidgets.so, 2): Library not loaded: /usr/local/opt/qt5/lib/QtWebKitWidgets.framework/Versions/5/QtWebKitWidgets
Referenced from: /usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/PyQt5/QtWebKitWidgets.so
Reason: image not found

How should I install the QtWebKitWidgest?

@RAMCelorio
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Hi,
I had an error after trying to run the following command:
python3 configure.py --destdir ~/.env/ariane_mail/lib/python3.4/site-packages --qmake ~/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/clang_64/bin/qmake

../qpy/QtCore/qpycore_public_api.h:26:10: fatal error: 'sip.h' file not found

include <sip.h>

     ^

1 error generated.
make[1]: *** [qpycore_post_init.o] Error 1
make: *** [sub-QtCore-make_first-ordered] Error 2

Could you help me, please?

@SaundersB
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SaundersB commented Aug 24, 2016 •
edited

Thank you for this. Extremely helpful. I originally had tried to do this without a virtual environment, but after setting up a virtual environment and setting Python to version 3.5 in that environment, it worked.

Also, @TPeterW, apparently QtWebKit was deprecated. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/37876987/cannot-import-qtwebkitwidgets-in-pyqt5.

@neborion
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neborion commented Sep 2, 2016

@hantsaniala did you solve your problem about :
Error: Failed to determine the detail of your Qt installation. Try again using the --verbose flag to see more detail about the problem.
I have the same issue. Please, anyone could help me ?
Anyway, what is the "Verbose flag ?"

@tkarl
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tkarl commented Nov 29, 2016

Hi there,

Im unable to create C++ code while installing PyQt5 Python3 on OS X and Py2APP

Here is the error that I get and and I have no other explanations. Please Help!

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin. The interpreter used by pyuic5 is python3.5. Generating the C++ source for the QtCore module... /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/sip -w -f -t WS_MACX -t Qt_5_7_0 -B Qt_6_0_0 -P -o -y QtCore.pyi -c /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/QtCore -I sip -I /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/sip /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/sip/QtCore/QtCoremod.sip sip: Deprecation warning: /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/sip/QtCore/QtCoremod.sip:23: %Module version numbers are deprecated and ignored Error: Unable to create the C++ code.

@tauruswang
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sip: Deprecation warning: /Users/jerryw/OpenSourceProjects/qtbuild/PyQt5_gpl-5.6/sip/QtCore/QtCoremod.sip:23: %Module version numbers are deprecated and ignored. I think it should use the sip 4.18. the link is http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/sip4/incompatibilities.html

@tauruswang
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commet the fjile sipQtCoreQt.cpp generated by the sip for the build QT version 5.10.0_1
//{sipName_WindowCancelButtonHint, static_cast(Qt::WindowCancelButtonHint), 418},
//{sipName_WindowOkButtonHint, static_cast(Qt::WindowOkButtonHint), 418},

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