How to install PyQt5 on Windows?

Question

When I try installing the PyQt5 on Windows using the command

python configure.py

I get this error:

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Answer 1

One of the most (probably the most) easiest way to install site-packages like PyQt5 is installing one of the versions of Anaconda. You can just install many of site-packages by installing it. List of avaliable site-packages with Anaconda versions can be checked here.

1. Dowload Anaconda3 or Anaconda2
2. Install it.
3. Add PyQt5's path inside Anaconda installation to your System Environment Variables.

For example:

PATH: ....; C:\Anaconda3\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5; ...

4. It is ready to use.

Answer 2

You can easily install it using Anaconda. At first install Anaconda or Miniconda on you system (download from here) and then install the pyqt as follow:

conda install pyqt

It works for both version of python (2 and 3).

Answer 3

If you have python installed completely, it can save you the hassle. All you need to do is enter the following command in your respective shell:

pip install pyqt5

And contrary to popular belief, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE PIP INSTALLED, you can do this on virtually any OS... Hope this helped!

Answer 4

If you are using canopy, use the package manager to install qt (and or pyqt)

Answer 5

If you're using Windows 10, if you use

    py -m pip install pyqt5

in the command prompt it should download fine. Depending on either the version of Python or Windows sometimes python -m pip install pyqt5 isn't accepted, so you have to use py instead. pip is a good way to download a lot of stuff, so I'd recommend that.

Answer 6

If you are facing problem with pip3 install pyqt5 then try pip3 install pyqt5==5.12.0
This solved the problem for me