Compile Qt resource files, UI files and translations in setup.py
Can be used with PyQt4, PyQt5, PySide and PySide2. Usage of Qt bindings wrappers like Qt.py or QtPy is also supported.
- Python >= 3.4
- Setuptools (https://github.com/pypa/setuptools)
- PyQt4 / PyQt5 / PySide / PySide2
setup.py:
from setuptools import setup
from setup_qt import build_qt
setup(
name='example',
version='1.0.0',
description='setup_qt example',
author='Monty Python',
author_email='[email protected]',
url='https://www.example.com',
license='MIT',
packages=['example'],
package_data={
'example': [
'*.ui',
'*.qrc',
'languages/*.ts',
'languages/*.qm',
],
},
entry_points={
'gui_scripts': [
'example=example.__main__:main',
],
},
install_requires=[
'PyQt5',
'Qt.py',
],
options={
'build_qt': {
'packages': ['example'],
'languages': ['cs'], # optional
'languages_dir': 'languages', # optional ('languages' is default)
'bindings': 'PyQt5', # optional ('PyQt5' is default)
'replacement_bindings': 'Qt', # optional (for Qt.py wrapper usage)
},
},
cmdclass={
'build_qt': build_qt,
},
)
Usage:
[user@host ~]$ python setup.py build_qt running build_qt compiling example Qt resource files... compiling example Qt UI files... updating example Qt translation files... compiling example Qt translation files...
Options for 'build_qt' command: --packages List of comma separated packages in which to recursively find .qrc, .ui and .ts files --languages List of comma separated translation languages (could be empty) --languages-dir Directory with translation files (could be empty, default is "languages") --bindings Qt binding from which to use pyrcc, pyuic and pylupdate commands (default is PyQt5) --replacement-bindings Qt bindings replacement (e.g. if using wrapper like Qt.py or QtPy) --pyrcc pyrcc command executable --pyuic pyuic command executable --pylupdate pylupdate command executable --lrelease lrelease command executable --filename-qrc name template for .py files compiled from .qrc files --filename-ui name template for .py files compiled from .ui files --filename-ts name template for newly created .ts files