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PyQt is often not installed by default. The PyQt module can be used to create desktop applications with Python. In this article you’ll learn how to install the PyQt module.
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If you already have any traces of Homebrew's python3, first get rid of them (brew unlink python3 and brew uninstall python3). If you already had python@3.8 from Homebrew, when uninstalling it, note the packages that depended on it (for example, ffmpeg), and reinstall them after. Graph-tool is an efficient Python module for manipulation and statistical analysis of graphs (a.k.a. Contrary to most other Python modules with similar functionality, the core data structures and algorithms are implemented in C, making extensive use of template metaprogramming, based heavily on the Boost Graph Library. Python has been installed as. $ (brew -prefix)/opt/python@3.8/bin/python3. Unversioned symlinks `python`, `python-config`, `pip` etc. `python3`, `python3-config`, `pip3` etc., respectively, have been installed into. $ (brew -prefix)/opt/python@3.8/libexec/bin. You can install Python packages with.
Desktop applications made with PyQt are cross platform, they will work on Microsoft Windows, Apple Mac OS X and Linux computers (including Raspberry Pi).
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Related Course:Create GUI Apps with Python PyQt5
How to install PyQt5 on Windows?
To install PyQt on Windows there are a few steps you need to take.
First use the installer from the qt-project website, from qt to install PyQt.
Next you want to install a Python version 3.3 or newer. Check the box to add all of the PyQt5 extras. It’s not necessary to compile everything from source, you can install all the required packages with the installer.
On Python >= 3.6, you can also try this command:
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It should work without problems.
How to install PyQt5 on Mac OS X?
On Apple Mac OS X installation is a bit simpler. The first step to take is to install the Mac OS X binary. This installs the PyQt GUI library.
But to use it from Python, you also need Python module. This is where the tool brew comes in.
You can use brew to install pyqt (in the terminal):
How to install PyQt5 on Linux?
Python is often installed by default on Linux (in nearly all of the distributions including Ubuntu). But you want to make sure to use Python 3, because of all the features and ease of use. You can verify that you have the newest Python version with the command:
On Ubuntu Linux they sometimes include two versions of python, python3 and python. In that case use Python 3.
Once you have Python ready, the next step is to install PyQt.
This isn’t hard to do if you have some Linux experience. You can install PyQt your software package manager. Which package manager to use depends on which Linux distribution you are using.
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On Ubuntu Linux / Debian Linux you can use the command:
For CentOS 7 use the command:
For RPM-based systems (Redhat-based)
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If you are new to Python PyQt, then I highly recommend this book.