Building PySide on a Linux System (Ubuntu 12.04 - 14.04)¶
Installing prerequisites¶
Install build dependencies:
$ sudo apt-get install build-essential git cmake libqt4-dev libphonon-dev python2.7-dev libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev qtmobility-dev libqtwebkit-dev
Install latest
pip
distribution into the Python you installed in the first step: download get-pip.py and run it using thepython
interpreter of your Python 2.7 installation using a command prompt:$ wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py $ sudo python2.7 get-pip.py
Install latest
wheel
distribution:$ sudo pip2.7 install wheel
Building PySide distribution¶
Download
PySide
source distribution:$ wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/P/PySide/PySide-1.2.4.tar.gz
Extract the source distribution:
$ tar -xvzf PySide-1.2.4.tar.gz
Switch to the distribution directory:
$ cd PySide-1.2.4
Build the
wheel
binary distribution:$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_wheel --qmake=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4
Optionally you can build standalone version of distribution with embedded Qt libs:
$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_wheel --qmake=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4 --standalone
Building PySide distribution from a Git repository¶
Clone
PySide
setup scripts from git repository:$ git clone https://github.com/PySide/pyside-setup.git pyside-setup
Switch to the
pyside-setup
directory:$ cd pyside-setup
Build
PySide
distribution:$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_wheel --qmake=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4 --version=1.2.4
Optionally you can build standalone version of distribution with embedded Qt libs:
$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_wheel --qmake=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4 --version=1.2.4 --standalone
To build the development version of
PySide
distribution, ignore the –version parameter:$ python2.7 setup.py bdist_wheel --qmake=/usr/bin/qmake-qt4
Installing PySide distribution¶
After the successful build, install the distribution with
pip
. The file name may vary depending on your platform so look into thedist
directory for the correct name:$ ls dist PySide-1.2.4-cp27-none-linux-x86_64.whl $ sudo pip2.7 install dist/PySide-1.2.4-cp27-none-linux-x86_64.whl
Installing PySide distribution into virtual
Python environment¶
Install latest
virtualenv
distribution:$ sudo pip2.7 virtualenv
Use
virtualenv
to make a workspace:$ virtualenv-2.7 env
Switch to the
env
directory:$ cd env
Install the distribution with
pip
(wheel binary file name may vary by platform):$ bin/pip2.7 install ../dist/PySide-1.2.4-cp27-none-linux-x86_64.whl