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DiapDealer · 12-09-2021, 08:04 PM

It may be different on macOS, but I honestly don't bother trying to build sip to build the latest PyQt5 on Windows. I just install PyQt5-builder from pypi using pip (which will install sip as a dependency), download the PyQt5.15 source, change to its top-level directory and issue the sip-install command.

Then the PyQtWebEngine (5.15.5) source can be downloaded and built in a similar manner if desired.

Before you can use the newly built/installed PyQt5, you'll need to build the PyQt5.sip module. You can download the latest source from pypi (PyQt5-sip) and build/install it using Python's setuptools (python setup.py).

The pip-installed SIP/PyQt5-build build-only tools should be able to be removed (leaving only your compiled PyQt5 and PyQt5.sip) if cleaning up the python installation is important.

I'm sure SIP 6.5 and its PyQt5-builder extension can also be built from source, but I don't think there's any real need/benefit in this particular case. Not when Sigil will neither use, nor distribute, any of their components.

12-09-2021, 08:04 PM	#29
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,753 Karma: 206739468 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	It may be different on macOS, but I honestly don't bother trying to build sip to build the latest PyQt5 on Windows. I just install PyQt5-builder from pypi using pip (which will install sip as a dependency), download the PyQt5.15 source, change to its top-level directory and issue the sip-install command. Then the PyQtWebEngine (5.15.5) source can be downloaded and built in a similar manner if desired. Before you can use the newly built/installed PyQt5, you'll need to build the PyQt5.sip module. You can download the latest source from pypi (PyQt5-sip) and build/install it using Python's setuptools (python setup.py). The pip-installed SIP/PyQt5-build build-only tools should be able to be removed (leaving only your compiled PyQt5 and PyQt5.sip) if cleaning up the python installation is important. I'm sure SIP 6.5 and its PyQt5-builder extension can also be built from source, but I don't think there's any real need/benefit in this particular case. Not when Sigil will neither use, nor distribute, any of their components. Last edited by DiapDealer; 12-09-2021 at 08:24 PM.