[PyQt] New Set of Development Wheels for PyQt5 v5.6

Julien Duponchelle julien at gns3.net
Wed Apr 20 13:55:29 BST 2016


Hi,

Is it possible to put the source version on PyPi? In this case on linux pip
could try to build PyQt (not tested) and we will have this solution has a
fallback for easier installation on weird linux distribution where PyQt is
not packaged.

On Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 5:12 PM Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
wrote:

> Having read the PEP I don't think it's possible to produce a compliant
> PyQt wheel because of the additional libraries required by Qt. However I
> can produce a non-compliant one with the manylinux tag so that it will
> be handled by PyPI.
>
> I assume that is better than nothing?
>
> Phil
>
> On 18/04/2016 4:39 pm, Adrien Tétar wrote:
> > Phil,
> >
> > PyPI *does* accept wheels that comply with the manylinux spec.
> >
> > See e.g. Cython packages: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/Cython/
> >
> > Quoting the GitHub project I posted previously:
> >
> > "Wheel packages compliant with those tags can be uploaded to PyPI (for
> > instance with twine) and can be installed with pip 8.1 and later."
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Adrien Tétar
> >
> > ________________________________________
> > De : Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com>
> > Envoyé : lundi 18 avril 2016 14:49
> > À : Adrien Tétar
> > Cc : PyQT mailing list
> > Objet : Re: [PyQt] New Set of Development  Wheels for PyQt5 v5.6
> >
> > On 18 Apr 2016, at 1:39 pm, Adrien Tétar <adrien.tetar at hotmail.fr>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>> From: phil at riverbankcomputing.com
> >>> Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 19:08:43 +0100
> >>> To: pyqt at riverbankcomputing.com
> >>> Subject: [PyQt] New Set of Development Wheels for PyQt5 v5.6
> >>>
> >>> I've created a new set of wheels for the latest snapshot of PyQt5
> >>> v5.6.
> >>>
> >>> Wheels for OS X and Windows can now be installed with pip3 from PyPi.
> >>> Just do...
> >>>
> >>> pip3 install PyQt5
> >>>
> >>> ...which will also automatically install the approprate sip wheel as
> >>> well.
> >>>
> >>> PyPi doesn't host Linux wheels so that can be downloaded from...
> >>
> >> Phil,
> >>
> >> Have you tried making a PyPI manylinux wheel? That would be most
> >> useful for compatibility across distros.
> >>
> >> https://github.com/pypa/manylinux
> >
> > I will when it can be hosted by PyPI.
> >
> > Phil
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