PyQt6 for Linux on Arm - Issue with PyQt6-WebEngine

[Detlev Offenbach]

Am 03.07.24 um 17:07 schrieb Detlev Offenbach:
>
> Am 03.07.24 um 16:22 schrieb Detlev Offenbach:
>> Hi Phil,
>>
>> unfortunately there is no PyQt6-QScintilla wheel available for Linux on
>> Arm. Otherwise I could try the ARM wheels using the eric IDE. However,
>> once such a wheel is provided, I don't expect difficulties because
>> eric-ide already works on Manjaro ARM using the PyQt6 packages of the
>> distro.
>>
> I got it working by setting up a venv with '--system-site-packages' and
> your wheel for Linux on ARM. It seems, that the PyQt6-WebEngine wheel
> (or its sub wheel) is incomplete. Executing a
>
> from PyQt6 import QtWebEngineWidgets
>
> yields
>
> ImportError: libwebp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file
> or directory

Additional Info: Manjaro ARM has libwebp.so.7.

Therefore I suggest to include that library in the wheel or give
information about the platforms this wheel can be used on.

>
> Regards,
> Detlev
>
>>
>>
>> Am 03.07.24 um 15:50 schrieb Phil Thompson:
>>> The local PyPI server now contains wheels for PyQt6-sip, Qt6, PyQt6
>>> (and everything else) for Linux on Arm.
>>>
>>> Phil