How to install PyQt5 on Windows?

python windows qt nmake pyqt5
Victor Lellis picture Victor Lellis · May 30, 2013 · Viewed 176.8k times · Source

When I try installing the PyQt5 on Windows using the command 

python configure.py

I get this error:

Error: Make sure you have a working Qt qmake on your PATH.

I got the pyQt5 from PyQt5 Download.

How can I install PyQt5?

Update:

I installed Qt 5.0.2 for Windows 64-bit (VS 2012, 500 MB) from the Qt Download page and now I have this error:

Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
Determining the details of your Qt installation...
Error: Failed to determine the detail of your Qt installation. Try again using
the --verbose flag to see more detail about the problem.

And when I execute the command python configure.py --verbose:

Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
Determining the details of your Qt installation...
C:\Qt\Qt5.0.2\5.0.2\msvc2012_64\bin\qmake.exe -spec win32-msvc2008 -o qtdetail.m
k qtdetail.pro
nmake -f qtdetail.mk release
'nmake' não é reconhecido como um comando interno
ou externo, um programa operável ou um arquivo em lotes.
Error: Failed to determine the detail of your Qt installation. Try again using
the --verbose flag to see more detail about the problem.

I added C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin (contains nmake.exe) to PATH and I got this error:

Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
Determining the details of your Qt installation...
C:\Qt\Qt5.0.2\5.0.2\msvc2012_64\bin\qmake.exe -spec win32-msvc2008 -o qtdetail.mk qtdetail.pro
nmake -f qtdetail.mk release


Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 11.00.50727.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.


  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe" -f qtdetail.mk.Release


Microsoft (R) Program Maintenance Utility Version 11.00.50727.1

Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.

  cl -c -nologo -Zm200 -Zc:wchar_t -O2 -MD -GR -W3 -w34100 -w34189 -EHsc -DUNICODE -DWIN32 -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_CORE_LIB -I"..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Qt\Qt5.0.2\5.0.2\msvc2012_64\include" -I"..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Qt\Qt5.0.2\5.0.2\msvc2012_64\include\QtCore" -I"release" -I"..\..\..\..\..\..\..\Qt\Qt5.0.2\5.0.2\msvc2012_64\mkspecs\win32-msvc2008" -Forelease\ @C:\Users\Victor\AppData\Local\Temp\nm68EA.tmp

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\cl.EXE"' : return code '0xc0000135'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 11.0\VC\bin\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

Answer

Malek B. picture Malek B. · Apr 21, 2016

Mainly I use the following command under the cmd

pip install pyqt5

And it works with no problem!

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