[PyQt] PyQt for 64-bit Python on Windows

[Dave Doty]

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:04 AM, Phil Thompson
<phil at riverbankcomputing.com>wrote:

>
> > The file c:\programs\Python26\include\Python.h does exist, with read
> > permissions enabled, so I assumed that the inability to find it was
> either
> > an error in the build scripts, or my own misunderstanding of how to use
> > them.
>
> Are you using Cygwin or just MinGW? I think Cygwin has given lots of
> problems in the past.
>

It's cygwin; that might explain the problems.


>
> > In either case, a pre-compiled binary distribution of PyQt for
> > Windows
> > running 64-bit Python would allow me to skip all this. Is there such a
> > package?
>
> Not to my knowledge.
>
> > Is it necessary to get one if I cannot build PyQt (or SIP) on my own? Or
> > should it be possible to use this distribution:
> >
> >
> >
>
> http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Downloads/PyQt4/PyQt-Py2.6-gpl-4.4.4-2.exe
> >
> > with 64-bit Python 2.6.1, through some other configuration trick?
>
> I doubt it.
>
> Phil


Thank you for the information. It looks like wxPython is a better choice for
my project, since it has a Windows installer that works out of the box with
64-bit Python.

Dave
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