[PyQt] Unable to install PyQt 5.14

Phil Thompson phil at riverbankcomputing.com
Mon Apr 6 09:11:48 BST 2020


On 06/04/2020 07:53, ashwin .D wrote:
> Yes thank you. I manage to build this. I have one final question.
> 
> I have installed Qt from source using the GUI installer Qt version 
> 5.14.
> and my qmake is located under /opt/Qt5.14.2/5.14.2/gcc_64/bin
> 
> The default installation of qmake associated with Qt5 is under 
> /usr/bin(and
> installed by Ubuntu.
> 
> Is there a way to specify in the install of PyQt to use my version of 
> Qt
> not the default version of Ubuntu?

If you are installing PyQt from a wheel then you are using the copy of 
Qt that is included in the wheel.

If you want to use an existing Qt installation on your system then you 
need to build and install PyQt from source.

Phil


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