Is it possible to require PyQt from setuptools setup.py?

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Right, the PyQT packages are not using distutils / setup.py for it’s installation, so they can’t be installed with easy_install or pip. You need to download and install it manually.

That also means you should not put it in your requires metadata, as easy_install and pip then will try to install it and fail.

I don’t know if PySide is any good, but is also has not setup.py, and also refuse to install with easy_install/pip, so not a good option. 🙂

Another option is to repackage PyQt with distutils, but that may be a lot of work.

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