How to install PyQt5 on a new virtualenv and work on an IDLE

Question

I installed PyQt5 globally on my win7 system (python 3.3), using the installer provided from the official riverbank website.

Then i created a new –no-site-package

Answer 1

Both "pip install sip" and "pip install PyQt5" inside the virtual enviroment are returning errors.

If the errors you're referring to are:

Could not find any downloads that satisfy the requirement [pyqt5|sip]

and

No distributions at all found for [pyqt5|sip]

Then this answer should shed light on this. Basically, PyPI is only providing a link to the homepage and/or source -- not a downloadable package or egg. Here are the links to PyQt5 and SIP PyPI pages. I know it seems strange that a package manager wouldn't provide packages, but that's the way it is.

You'll have to download, compile, and install sip and pyqt5 from source, inside your virtualenv. I wish I could provide details but I'm currently working through this myself.