[PyQt] How to compile SIP and PyQt using MinGW?

[Phil Thompson]

On Tue, 16 Aug 2011 11:59:01 +0800, chinakr <chinakr at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Phil and the kind guys here,
> 
> I recently want to use SQLCipher with my SQLite database.
> I followed a guide to compile the driver using MinGW:
>
http://www.qtcentre.org/wiki/index.php?title=Building_QSQLITE_driver_with_AES-256_encryption_support_%28Windows/MinGW%29
> But PyQt told my that it's built with MSVC and I should built the
> driver with MSVC too.
> I'm not familiar with MSVC at all, it seems too difficult for me to
> complete the task.
> Now I have a new idea that maybe I can compile SIP and PyQt with
> MinGW, so my driver built using MinGW can be used directly.
> Can you help me? Thanks a lot!

Reading the SIP documentation, particularly the section "Configuring for
MinGW" would be a good start.

Phil