Python PyQt on macOS Sierra

Question

How can I get to work PyQt 4 or 5 on a Mac with OS X Sierra? It seems that I have to wait for a new version of PyQt but I am not sure if that is actually true.

Answer 1

1:

brew install cartr/qt4/pyqt
brew link qt@4

2: go here and download https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/sip/download

and do

tar -xzvf sip-4.19.6.tar.gz
cd sip-4.19.6
python configure.py
make
make install

3： go here and download : https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/download

and do

tar -xzvf PyQt4_gpl_mac-4.12.1.tar.gz
cd PyQt4_gpl_mac-4.12.1
python configure.py
make
make install

4: test in python:

import sys;
from PyQt4 import QtGui;

def pyqtDemo():
    app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv);

    w = QtGui.QWidget();
    w.resize(250, 150);
    w.move(300, 300);
    w.setWindowTitle('Hello World');
    w.show();

    sys.exit(app.exec_());

pyqtDemo()