From the PyQt4 website their instructions for installing the package are to download the tarball and use the config file. I have two versions of Python, one is my normal sys
It looks like the latest version of anaconda forces install of pyqt5.6 over any pyqt build, which will be fatal for your applications. In a terminal, Try:
conda install -c anaconda pyqt=4.11.4
It will prompt to downgrade conda client. After that, it should be good.
UPDATE: If you want to know what pyqt versions are available for install, try:
conda search pyqt
UPDATE: The most recent version of conda installs anaconda-navigator. This depends on qt5, and should first be removed:
conda uninstall anaconda-navigator
Then install "newest" qt4:
conda install qt=4