Steps for how to install QT, PyQT, and PySide on OS X Snow Leopard

Question

I've had some problems installing QT on Snow Leopard and I'm hoping that I can benefit from someone else who's been in this position. :)

I'm assuming that I'll need to use a version of python that's not included with SL... be it from homebrew, macports, python.org, etc.

Can anyone give me some simple steps to follow to get QT, PyQT, and PySide installed? Bonus points for an example of how to setup a project to use py2app with all this.

Thanks! :)

Answer 1

Just use a binary distribution of PyQt + Qt + Python for OS X, and then install PySide manually. For example, there's: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt-mac/files/ , but it appears that the associated web site has vanished.

Just wondering though, why would you use both PyQt and PySide?

Answer 2

If you want to try out PySide, you can follow these steps:

http://blogger-mikael.blogspot.com/2010/09/compiling-pyside-for-qt-47-on-os-x.html