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PySide is the Python Qt bindings project, providing access the complete Qt 4.8 framework as well as to generator tools for rapidly generating bindings for any C++ libraries.
The PySide project is developed in the open, with all facilities you'd expect from any modern OSS project such as all code in a git repository, an open Bugzilla for reporting bugs, and an open design process. We welcome any contribution without requiring a transfer of copyright.
PySide requires Python 2.6 or later and Qt 4.6 or better.
Install latest setuptools distribution: download ez_setup.py and run it using
the python interpreter.
There are two options to install PySide on Windows:
Download and install the packages from the releases page.
Use setuptools:
c:\> c:\Python27\Scripts\easy_install PySide
There are no prebuild setuptools distributions available for UNIX System.
To build and install setuptools compatible distributions for UNIX System,
please read the instructions in section Building PySide on a UNIX System.
Pip can install only from source (it does not support binary distributions) and allways rebuilds the distribution
before the distribution is installed to system. For that reason the recommended tool to install the PySide
is easy_install.
Install Python.
Install Qt 4.8 libraries for Windows VS 2008 edition when building against Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.2. Install Qt 4.8 libraries for Windows VS 2010 edition when building against Python 3.3.
Install Cmake.
Install Windows SDK v7.0 when building against Python 2.6, 2.7 or 3.2. Install Windows SDK v7.1 when building against Python 3.3.
Install Git.
(Optional) Install OpenSSL.
Install latest setuptools distribution into the Python you installed in the first step: download ez_setup.py and run it using the
pythoninterpreter of your Python 2.7 installation using a command prompt:c:\> c:\Python27\python ez_setup.py
Clone
PySidesetup scripts from git repository:c:\> git clone https://github.com/PySide/pyside-setup.git pyside-setup
Switch to the
pyside-setupdirectory:c:\> cd pyside-setup
Build
PySidewindows installer:c:\> c:\Python27\python.exe setup.py bdist_wininst --version=1.2.0 --qmake=c:\Qt\4.8.5\bin\qmake.exe --openssl=c:\OpenSSL32bit\bin
To build the development version of
PySidewindows installer, ignore the --version parameter:c:\> c:\Python27\python.exe setup.py bdist_wininst --qmake=c:\Qt\4.8.5\bin\qmake.exe --openssl=c:\OpenSSL32bit\bin
After the successful build, install the distribution with easy_install:
c:\> c:\Python27\Scripts\easy_install dist\PySide-1.2.0.win32-py2.7.exe
Install Python 2.7 header files and a static library:
$ sudo apt-get install python2.7-dev
Install Qt 4.8 libraries:
$ sudo apt-get install qt-sdk
Install cmake:
$ sudo apt-get install cmake
Install git:
$ sudo apt-get install git
Install latest setuptools distribution into the Python you installed in the first step: download ez_setup.py and run it using the
pythoninterpreter of your Python 2.7 installation using a command prompt:$ sudo python2.7 ez_setup.py
Clone
PySidesetup scripts from git repository:$ git clone https://github.com/PySide/pyside-setup.git pyside-setup
Switch to the
pyside-setupdirectory:$ cd pyside-setup
Build
PySidedistribution:$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_egg --version=1.2.0
Optionally you can build standalone version of distribution with embedded Qt libs:
$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_egg --standalone --version=1.2.0
To build the development version of
PySidedistribution, ignore the --version parameter:$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_egg
After the successful build, install the distribution with easy_install and run the post-install script:
$ sudo easy_install-2.7 dist/PySide-1.2.0-py2.7.egg $ sudo python2.7 pyside_postinstall.py -install
c:\> c:\Python27\python.exe setup.py [distribution_type] [options]
python2.7 setup.py [distribution_type] [options]
bdist_wininst- Create standalone windows installer with embedded Qt libs and development tools.
This distribution type can be installed with
easy_install. bdist_egg- Create egg binary distribution.
This distribution type can be installed with
easy_install. install- Install package to site packages folder.
develop- Install package in
development mode, such that it's available onsys.path, yet can still be edited directly from its source folder. sdist- Create full source distribution with included sources of PySide Setup Scripts, PySide, Shiboken, PySide Tools and PySide Examples. Can be used to build binary distribution in offline mode.
--qmake- Specify the path to qmake. Useful when the qmake is not in path or more than one Qt versions are installed.
--openssl- Specify the path to OpenSSL libs.
--only-package- Skip rebuilding everything and create distribution from prebuilt binaries. Before using this option first time, the full distribution build is required.
--cmake- Specify the path to cmake. Useful when the cmake is not in path.
--standalone- When enabled, all required Qt libs will be included in PySide distribution. This option is allways enabled on Windows System. On Linux it's disabled by default.
--version- Specify what version of PySide distribution to build. This option is available only when the setup scripts are cloned from git repository.
--list-versions- List available versions of PySide distributions.
--ignore-git- Don't pull sources from git repository.
--make-spec- Specify the cmake makefile generator type.
Available values are
msvcon Windows System andmakeon UNIX System. --no-examples- Don't include PySide examples in PySide distribution
--jobs- Specify the number of parallel build jobs
--jom- Use jom instead of nmake with msvc
--build-tests- Enable building the tests
- Mailing list: http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/pyside
- Issue tracker: https://bugreports.qt-project.org/browse/PYSIDE
- Code Repository: http://qt.gitorious.org/pyside