Python Question

Is it possible to add PyQt4/PySide packages on a Virtualenv sandbox?

I'm using Virtualenv with profit on my development environment with

web.py

simplejson

and other web oriented packages.

I'm going to develop a simple python client using Qt to reuse some Api developed with web.py.

Does anybody here had succesfully installed PyQt4 with Virtualenv?

Is it possible?

I've downloaded all the binaries and have

PyQt4

installed globally on my python2.6 directory.

If I don't use

--no-site--packages

option, Virtualenv correctly includes

PyQt4

in my new sandbox but, obviously, with all the global packages that I don't need.

Is there a clean way to prepare a new sandbox with

--no-site--packages

option and then add

PyQt4

PySide

using

pip

easy_install

or some other magic trick?

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Aaron Digulla

Answer Source

It should be enough to create an empty virtualenv and then copy the contents of the .../site-packages/PyQt4 directories into it.

I suggest to install PyQt4 once globally, make a copy of the directory, uninstall it and then use this trick to create VEs.

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