[PyQt] PyQt4 or PyQt5 on PyPI?

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Wed Apr 6 10:55:04 BST 2016



On Wednesday 06 April 2016 02:03 PM, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On 6 Apr 2016, at 5:07 am, Jesse Bloom <jbloom at fredhutch.org> wrote:
>> Are there any plans to put PyQt4 or PyQt4 on PyPI so that they can be installed using pip like a normal Python package? It is hard to use this package in normal Python installation processes due to the fact that it is not on PyPI.
>>
>> The only information I could find about this is the following on StackOverflow:
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4628519/is-it-possible-to-require-pyqt-from-setuptools-setup-py
> I plan to create wheels for Python v3.5 for Windows (32 and 64 bit), OS X (64 bit) and Linux (64 bit) that will include PyQt v5.6 and Qt v5.6. These are being tested at the moment.
>
> Equivalent commercial wheels will be available later on.
>
> I have no plans to change how PyQt4 is packaged and distributed.
>
> There will be traditional Windows installers for PyQt v5.6 but these will be the last ones. For PyQt v5.7 wheels will be the only distribution format.
>
> Phil
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Thanks for the info.  It is very good and satisfying the know the same.

George


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