Diagnosing failures to build QT module interfaces in PyQt6

[Phil Thompson]

On 17/04/2026 00:44, Robert Bruccoleri wrote:
> Dear Phil,
>     I believe I found an error in the PyQt6 documentation. In the
> example invocation with additional configuration options:
> 
> pip  -v  install  --config-settings  --confirm-license=
> --config-settings  --qmake=/path/to/qmake  PyQt6
> 
> The "--qmake" option did not work for me, and when I checked the code,
> there was nothing to process that option. It appears that 'qmake' must
> be on the PATH for the installation to work properly.

The --qmake option is implemented by PyQt-builder. The value is the full 
pathname of the qmake executable (not the directory containing it).

Phil