For those who are planning to create their first Python GUI or graphical user interface application, choosing the right Python GUI framework or module is probably the first thing you must consider. Interestingly, there are tons of GUI frameworks available today and most of them will vary in terms of their overall functionality and complexity. For simplicity and ease of use, most programmers will pick Tkinter. However, there are other equally impressive and easy-to-use GUI frameworks to try on including the PyQt5.
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How to use PyQt5 to create a Python GUI app
PyQt5 is python 3 module that enables the rapid creation of GUI applications using the built-in Qt-Designer software. PyQt5 runs on all operating systems, which ensures that all the code you write will be scaled. This tutorial series focuses on the fundamentals of PyQt5 runs on all operating systems, which ensures that all the code you write will be scaled. This tutorial series focuses on the fundamentals of PyQt and the development of functional GUIs. In this video, you will be learning how to download and install pyqt for windows and set up a simple GUI program.
I don’t seem to be able to install PyQt5-Tools. I get errors pasted below. I really need help as this is on the critical path of my major project.
C:\Users\nmbfc>pip install PyQt5-Tools
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -ip (c:\users\nmbfc\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -ip (c:\users\nmbfc\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages)
Collecting PyQt5-Tools
Using cached pyqt5_tools-5.15.4.3.2-py3-none-any.whl (29 kB)
Collecting pyqt5==5.15.4
Using cached PyQt5-5.15.4.tar.gz (3.3 MB)
Installing build dependencies … done
Getting requirements to build wheel … done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) … error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error
× Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [29 lines of output]
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\nmbfc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py”, line 144, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
hook = backend.prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
AttributeError: module ‘sipbuild.api’ has no attribute ‘prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel’
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “C:\Users\nmbfc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py”, line 351, in
main()
File “C:\Users\nmbfc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py”, line 333, in main
json_out[‘return_val’] = hook(**hook_input[‘kwargs’])
File “C:\Users\nmbfc\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python310\lib\site-packages\pip\_vendor\pep517\in_process\_in_process.py”, line 148, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
whl_basename = backend.build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings)
File “D:\Python\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-smgx2nvy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\sipbuild\api.py”, line 46, in build_wheel
project = AbstractProject.bootstrap(‘wheel’,
File “D:\Python\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-smgx2nvy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\sipbuild\abstract_project.py”, line 87, in bootstrap
project.setup(pyproject, tool, tool_description)
File “D:\Python\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-smgx2nvy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\sipbuild\project.py”, line 585, in setup
self.apply_user_defaults(tool)
File “D:\Python\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-install-t1z7s5al\pyqt5_b0e64fac4c0e483abd8a2b352ae6d028\project.py”, line 63, in apply_user_defaults
super().apply_user_defaults(tool)
File “D:\Python\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-smgx2nvy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\pyqtbuild\project.py”, line 70, in apply_user_defaults
super().apply_user_defaults(tool)
File “D:\Python\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-smgx2nvy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\sipbuild\project.py”, line 236, in apply_user_defaults
self.builder.apply_user_defaults(tool)
File “D:\Python\AppData\Local\Temp\pip-build-env-smgx2nvy\overlay\Lib\site-packages\pyqtbuild\builder.py”, line 69, in apply_user_defaults
raise PyProjectOptionException(‘qmake’,
sipbuild.pyproject.PyProjectOptionException
[end of output]
note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed
× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.
note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -ip (c:\users\nmbfc\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -ip (c:\users\nmbfc\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages)
WARNING: Ignoring invalid distribution -ip (c:\users\nmbfc\appdata\local\programs\python\python310\lib\site-packages)
C:\Users\nmbfc>