[PyQt] pip vs apt-get install

[Florian Bruhin]

* Julien Duponchelle <julien at gns3.net> [2016-05-03 19:25:15 +0000]:
> On Tue, May 3, 2016 at 4:20 PM <scalet at yebu.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > sorry for starting a discussion being a little off topic at
> > the very beginning already.
> >
> > It is a more generic python question,
> > but I think PyQt(5) is a good example.
> >
> > Ubuntu:
> > Normally when installing new python modules, I go that road:
> > When I find it in the apt repository (standard) and I do not
> > have a very urgent reason to have a bleeding edge version)
> > I will use this. If not, I do a pip3 install. If not even
> > available for pip ... oke, that's another story.
> >
> > I feel this way, I get the most stable system.
> >
> > I would appreciate your comments on the subject!
> >
> > (Same with MacOSX, here using brew rather than apt-get)
> >
> > Best,
> > Karl.
> >
> 
> You have only wheel for Windows and Mac on pip (it's a limitation of wheel)

Not anymore: https://github.com/pypa/manylinux

Florian

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