Can't configure pyQt

Question

When I compile pyQt on Windows 7 it returns an error saying:

Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "configure.py", line 32, in <module>
       import sipconfig
ImportError: No module named sipconfig

I have configured sip but the error still occurs. Can anyone help?

I Built sip but the command prompt threw an error when I ran the `make` and `make install` commands. — Python Kid, Aug 09 '12 at 09:53
It returned the error `'make' is not recognised as a internal or external command, operable program or batch file.` — Python Kid, Aug 11 '12 at 07:48
If you are using Microsoft Visual Studio, the make command is `NMAKE`. — Janne Karila, Aug 13 '12 at 09:21
Hmm... perhaps one of the [binary packages](http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download/) would suit you. No need to compile. — Janne Karila, Aug 14 '12 at 13:27

score 9 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 01 '14 at 09:40

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The same happened to me on OSX.

As @Janne Karila suggested, you need to download and build SIP first. In the extracted sip source folder issue these commands in a terminal:

python configure.py
make
sudo make install

After that (in case it succeeds) you should be able to build PyQt in his folder using the same 3 commands.

answered Dec 01 '14 at 09:40

Attila Fulop

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I had the reported issue because I did `sudo make`. Thanks – kon psych Feb 02 '15 at 21:59
I had to specify I was building with `mingw`: `python configure.py --platform win32-g++` – alphabetasoup Apr 27 '15 at 23:06

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 26 '16 at 15:31

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When building sip, try using sudo so you can write the files to the /System directory:

sudo python configure.py
sudo make
sudo make install

I had same issue, then looked at the install directories and noticed files where not there, so I used sudo and successfully built it. Got PyQt built as well.

edited Jan 26 '16 at 15:31

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answered May 25 '13 at 01:43

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It is enough to use sudo for `make install` command only, if you need it to be installed in system dirs. Using sudo for configure and make is not a good idea because of changed files permissions, different env etc. – pptaszni Oct 29 '19 at 15:43

jackotonye · Answer 3 · 2017-01-24T15:28:11.883

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After downloading the sip from here download. Extract the sip folder in the PyQt4 folder

cd sip-version
python configure.py
make
make install

From the same location and it will compile and save to C:\Python folder

edited Jan 24 '17 at 15:28

answered Jul 04 '16 at 17:08

jackotonye

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You should at least mention we need to do `make`. – ABCD Jan 24 '17 at 03:42

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