The PyQt4 Build System

New in version 4.10.

SIP v5 will not include an extensible build system, i.e it will not provide an equivalent of SIP v4’s sipconfig module. Consequently a version of PyQt built with SIP v5 will not provide an equivalent of the pyqtconfig module. However there is still a need for certain information to be shared between PyQt and other modules (such as QScintilla’s Qsci module) that are built on top of it. Specifically it is important that the same -t and -x command line flags are passed to the sip executable to create, for example, the QScintilla bindings as were passed to create the PyQt bindings.

Starting with v4.10, PyQt4.QtCore.PYQT_CONFIGURATION is a dict that describes how PyQt was configured. At the moment it contains a single value called sip_flags which is a string containing the appropriate -t and -x flags.

The Old Build System

Deprecated since version 4.10.

The old PyQt4 build system is an extension of the SIP v4 build system and is implemented by the pyqtconfig module. It can be used by configuration scripts of other bindings that build on top of PyQt4 and takes care of the details of the Qt installation.

Note that the pyqtconfig module is only created if you use configure.py and not if you use configure-ng.py.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.Configuration(sub_cfg=None)

This class encapsulates configuration values that can be accessed as instance objects. It is derived from sipconfig.Configuration.

Parameters:sub_cfg – an optional list of sub-class configurations. It should only be used by the __init__() method of a sub-class to append its own dictionary of configuration values before passing the list to its super-class.

pyqt_bin_dir

The name of the directory where the PyQt4 utilities are installed.

pyqt_config_args

The command line passed to configure.py when PyQt4 was configured.

pyqt_mod_dir

The name of the directory where the PyQt4 Python package is installed.

pyqt_modules

A space separated string of installed PyQt4 modules. The Qt module is not included.

pyqt_sip_dir

The name of the base directory where PyQt4’s .sip files are installed. Each module’s .sip files are installed in a sub-directory with the same name as the module.

pyqt_sip_flags

A space separated string of the sip command line options used to build the PyQt4 modules. These should also be used when building bindings that %Import any PyQt4 modules.

pyqt_version

The PyQt4 version as a 3 part hexadecimal number (e.g. v4.0.1 is represented as 0x040001).

pyqt_version_str

The PyQt4 version as a string. For development snapshots it will start with snapshot-.

qt_data_dir

The value of QLibraryInfo::location(DataPath) for the Qt installation.

qt_archdata_dir

When building against Qt v5 this is the value of QLibraryInfo::location(ArchDataPath). When building against Qt v4 it is the value of QLibraryInfo::location(DataPath).

qt_dir

The root directory of the Qt installation (normally the directory that contains the bin directory).

qt_edition

The Qt edition.

qt_framework

Set if Qt is built as a MacOS/X framework.

qt_inc_dir

The value of QLibraryInfo::location(HeadersPath) for the Qt installation.

qt_lib_dir

The value of QLibraryInfo::location(LibrariesPath) for the Qt installation.

qt_threaded

Set if Qt is built with thread support (always set for PyQt4).

qt_version

The Qt version as a 3 part hexadecimal number (e.g. v4.1.2 is represented as 0x040102).

qt_winconfig

Additional Windows specific configuration.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtAssistantModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtAssistant module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QAxContainerModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QAxContainer module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtCoreModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtCore module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtDBusModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtDBus module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtDeclarativeModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtDeclarative module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtDesignerModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtDesigner module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtGuiModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtGui module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtHelpModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtHelp module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtMultimediaModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtMultimedia module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtNetworkModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtNetwork module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtOpenGLModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtOpenGL module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtScriptModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtScript module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtScriptToolsModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtScriptTools module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtSqlModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtSql module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtSvgModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtSvg module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtTestModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtTest module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtWebKitModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtWebKit module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtXmlModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtXml module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.QtXmlPatternsModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 QtXmlPatterns module.

class PyQt4.pyqtconfig.phononModuleMakefile

This class encapsulates a Makefile to build a SIP generated Python extension module that is built on the PyQt4 phonon module.