18

I try to install pyqt5-tools like this:

pip install pyqt5-tools

and the resulting out put is:

ERROR: Could not find a version that satisfies the requirement pyqt5-tools (from versions: none)

ERROR: No matching distribution found for pyqt5-tools

I need to download pyqt5-tools because I am trying to learn how to make GUIs with PyQt (I am a beginner programmer).

I have tried downloading different packages but anything related to PyQt has failed... It happens on both my Mac and Ubuntu machine.

I have checked that the packages are available on PyPI and literally copy-pasted the install command from the website into the terminal to make sure that I did not do it wrong.

brazosFX
  • 342
  • 1
  • 11
JSogaard
  • 393
  • 1
  • 4
  • 7
  • if you have python3.10 it is not working for me too. If I install additional python 3.9 and with 3.9 when i created venv, in that 3.9 venv if i install pyqt5-tools it installed well. – Hara Apr 03 '22 at 17:18

8 Answers8

10

Assuming you are installing that for qtdesigner. You can install it by package manager. I've installed it on my Debian machine

sudo apt install pyqt5-dev-tools pyqt5-dev

And you can find QtDesigner in

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/designer
Sumeet
  • 119
  • 1
  • 7
  • Me personally I'm using the `qttools5-dev-tools` package (available in Debian repos). It installs Qt 5 Designer, Qt 5 Assistant and Qt 5 Linguist and additionally creates shortcuts for launching. – Joey Mar 03 '20 at 07:58
9

If you are on windows use pip install PyQt5Designer instead.

J A
  • 131
  • 1
  • 3
6

You can download pyside2 it includes almost everything in pyqt5-tools; pyqt5, pyuic5 and the qdesigner

pip install PySide2
OmarInCS
  • 77
  • 1
  • 7
3

pyqt5-tools is only available for Windows as seen on their site: https://pypi.org/project/pyqt5-tools/

Try an alternative such as QT-creator for Mac: https://www.qt.io/download

This post strongly supports using Homebrew: Python PyQt on macOS Sierra

eyllanesc
  • 235,170
  • 19
  • 170
  • 241
brazosFX
  • 342
  • 1
  • 11
  • 1
    Ah. Thank you! Do you know how to convert .ui to .py with QT Creator? – JSogaard Aug 15 '19 at 16:41
  • 1
    No, but someone does: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18429452/convert-pyqt-ui-to-python – brazosFX Aug 15 '19 at 16:44
  • I have the same problem in Windows. When trying to install pyqt5-tools it says could not find a version that satisfies the requirements. I was able to install PySide2 without problems though. What's going on with pyqt5-tools? thanks – Daniel Oct 19 '20 at 20:13
  • The link you posted has the following text "Both Windows and Linux are supported". It does not fully support MacOS, but Linux is OK. – Doncho Gunchev Sep 01 '22 at 19:18
3

At first, if you are using python v3.10, probably, it won't work well. when I have this error I uninstall python. then install the python v3.9. it works better as it is older than v3.10

Fata
  • 53
  • 1
  • 8
3

Best Solution I found

If you try to download pyqt5-tools it's not going to work with python v.3.10.x. But if you want to download it correctly you should try this solution because it works for me.

  1. Install PyQt5:
pip install pyqt5
  1. Install PyQt5Designer:
pip install PyQt5Designer

Then you should Find the Qt Designer, under the name designer.exe:

C:\...\Python\Python310\Lib\site-packages\QtDesigner\designer.exe

Note that the installation path of python may be different for you, to find yours, try this on your Python interpreter, type the following commands:

>>> import os, sys
>>> os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
'C:\\path-to-your-python-installation\\Python\\Python310'

Then you should find the QtDesigner after that path in for of:

C:\...\Python310\Lib\site-packages\QtDesigner\designer.exe

Just click on it, and pin it to your start or taskbar.

Or Simply if you want to download it directly as .exe, But I'm not sure if this can miss some pyqt5-tools:

Qt Designer Download

Nassim
  • 397
  • 3
  • 7
-1

Go to Your python installation folder and find this followings: Go here Lib\site-packages\qt5_applications\Qt\bin and you will find your qt designer

Shabari nath k
  • 920
  • 1
  • 10
  • 23
Chaitanya Dewangan
  • 1
-1

you should change your version from the newest version to a slightly old one, for example, 3.10 to 3.8 . it is a normal thing when a new version is released, keep in mind that you have to update pip (using: python -m pip install --upgrade pip )

mmmgreen
  • 1
  • 3