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How to Install PyQt4 on Osx
Note : this is a tutorial on Mac OS X 10.6.4, with : PyQt-mac-gpl-snapshot-4.7.5-8a6793a155e0.tar.gz and with : sip-4.11-snapshot-052b642f04a8.tar.gz.
It should be the same on previous and next versions. ( if you have some bugs you may also contact me )
How to install PyQt4 ?
- Download the SIP package (snapshot for OS x )
- Download the PyQt package (snapshot for OS x)
- Download Qt
- Install Qt
- Install SIP
- Install PyQt
- and try !
Let’s download the Qt binary from the website : Download site (You may take the complete SDK)
Let’s download the SIP snapshot : Download site (for OS x)
Let’s download the PyQt snapshot : Download site (for OS x)
And now let’s install the first Qt binary, just follow and click on next until it as finished to install.
SIP :
SIP is the program that bind C++ with Python
let’s go were you have downloaded the sip tar.gz and enter the folder
cd ~/Downloads/sip-4.11-snapshot-052b642f04a8
and we are gonna try to install it with the following lines :
python configure.py -d /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages --arch i386
– arch i386 is to specify that we want this architecture
then lets make it and install it with the following commands :
make sudo make install
PyQt4:
Once installed let’s move back an go to the PyQt folder to configure it and install it with the following command :
cd .. cd PyQt-mac-gpl-snapshot-4.7.5-8a6793a155e0
and let’s try to configure it with the right things
python configure.py -q /usr/bin/qmake-4.6 -d /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages/ --use-arch i386
then let’s make them with:
make sudo make install
and now, everything should be Up and running.
In OS X Lion and with the new versions there is a thread on QT website https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-6222 which says that qmake-4.7 is hidden in /usr/bin. Could someone confirm that it works.
Thanks a lot. Finally working !!!
You’r welcome
Your list of commands were a HUGE timesaver and it all worked. THANKS!!!
Thanks man
I get to the first « make » command.
Which just returns « command not found ».
If I skip it and continue all I get on the next step is « ImportError: No moudle named sipconfig »
What did I miss? I tried, and tried again.
I found out that X Code have to be installed for the « Make » command to work.
Yes, Xcode needed to be installed ( in theory everything should work well, on Leopard or Snow Leopard but i didn’t tried yet on Lion)
Muchas gracias! this worked wonders i got it with qmake 4.7 just fine.
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Hi, I am installing PyQt4 into my MacBookPro (10.6, unibody, core 2 duo, 2009).
After I launched « $ python configure.py –use-arch=x86_64″,
It’s been already almost 3 hours..
Do you think Is it normal it takes so long time??
Hi,
Actually I just read that it could take around 3h to 3h30′
and see later on, if it gives
so you should let it run
any error message.
Thanks a lot for your reply.
unfortunately it had been running for 6 hours so I just did force quite
Apart from that, in this website, we are supposed to use Python 2.6, aren’t we?
I am using 2.7, not 2.6, so in that case should I simply put a command something like following??:
python configure.py -d /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages –arch x86_64
Sorry for such a very very stupid question.
I am a beginner for Python (and even for general programming).
(Now I am trying to build an environment « Spyder2″ for Python2.7 in my Mac.)
It is not working on the lion, the path /usr/bin/qmake-4.6 is not created after installing the SIP.
Dear SSF for your problem, I found a solution -> https://bugreports.qt.nokia.com/browse/QTCREATORBUG-6222
tell me if this helped
I needed to work with python2.7 due to collaboration with other people working on linux using python2.7 and this is what I did.
1. Install macports and installed python2-7
2. downloaded and installed the latest QT SDK. it installed it in QtSDK in my home folder /Users/jnvilo/QtSDK
3. I downloaded the latest SIP version from the site provided and simply did /opt/local/bin/python2.7 configure.py; make ; make install
4. When i tried to do the same with PyQt it complained about qt being static and I had to run the following command instead:
python configure.py -q /Users/jnvilo/QtSDK/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake -g
I hope this helps
/jnvilo
Oh and last command should be:
/opt/local/bin/python2.7 configure.py -q /Users/jnvilo/QtSDK/Desktop/Qt/474/gcc/bin/qmake -g
Thanks for the tips Jason !
I don’t know why…