<div dir="ltr">Hi Ludovic,<div><br><div>(sorry I double posted this to you; I forgot to Reply All the first time)</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for advice,</div><div><br></div><div>I have tried upgrading from Python 3.6 to 3.8, and then I upgraded pip3.8 to max version, and the error I now get is: <font color="#ff0000">Command "python setup.py egg_info" failed with error code 1 in /tmp/pip-build-r7s4auof/PyQt6/</font></div><div><br></div><div>I have also tried installing the wheel files directly (on Ubuntu 18.04) from this link <a href="https://pypi.org/project/PyQt6/#modal-close" target="_blank">https://pypi.org/project/PyQt6/#modal-close</a> , but all those wheel files give the same result:<font color="#ff0000"> PyQt6-6.0.1-cp36.cp37.cp38.cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_28_x86_64.whl is not a supported wheel on this platform.</font></div><div><br></div><div>Any idea how I can install latest version of PyQt6 on Ubuntu 18.04 with AMD64 CPU for Python3.8?</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, 24 Jan 2021 at 02:53, Ludovic Bellière <<a href="mailto:belliere.ludovic@proximus.be">belliere.ludovic@proximus.be</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Try upgrading pip.<br>
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On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 23:39:50 +0000<br>
Ben Phillips <<a href="mailto:ben.phillips910@gmail.com" target="_blank">ben.phillips910@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Hi Team,<br>
> <br>
> I am unable to install PyQt6 via pip:<br>
> <br>
> ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:<br>
> command: /home/bob/app/venv/bin/python<br>
> /home/bob/app/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py<br>
> prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /tmp/tmpxk7rx2bc<br>
> cwd:<br>
> /tmp/pip-install-sd6hxltk/pyqt6_3089cd1493db4e10812a84f3fcbe80e3<br>
> Complete output (37 lines):<br>
> Querying qmake about your Qt installation...<br>
> /usr/bin/qmake -query<br>
> Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
> File<br>
> "/home/bob/app/venv/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/_in_process.py",<br>
> line 126, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel<br>
> hook = backend.prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel<br>
> AttributeError: module 'sipbuild.api' has no attribute<br>
> 'prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel'<br>
> <br>
> Is this a known issue?<br>
> <br>
> Regards,<br>
> Ben<br>
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