How to get the proper version?

[Phil Thompson]

On 03/03/2021 14:55, ullix wrote:
> After my trouble installing PyQt5-5.15.3 I decided to log all package
> version numbers.
> 
> Pip tells me I have these:
> 
>    PyQt5              5.15.3
>    PyQt5-Qt         5.15.2
>    PyQt5-sip        12.8.1
> 
> But trying this in Python with the variable names in the middle
> column, I get:
> 
> PyQt:         PYQT_VERSION_STR   -->  5.15.3
> PyQt-Qt:    QT_VERSION_STR       -->  5.15.2
> PyQt-sip:    SIP_VERSION_STR      -->  5.4.0
> 
> This is obtained following Pythons official guidance:
> 
> https://wiki.python.org/moin/PyQt/Getting%20the%20version%20numbers%20of%20Qt%2C%20SIP%20and%20PyQt

That's not "official", this is...

https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt5/api/sip/sip-module.html#SIP_VERSION

> But the sip version is obviously wrong. What kind of sip did I
> actually get, and how do I get the correct one?

You are confusing the SIP code generator (SIP_VERSION_STR: v5.4.0) and 
PyQt5's sip module (v12.8.1). The module's version number corresponds to 
the ABI that it implements. At the moment this isn't available from 
Python.

Phil