Guide to install PyQt5 on Mac OS X with python 3.4 virtualenv

Description

A simple guide to install PyQt5 on Mac OS X 10.9 (Maverick) and use python 3.4 on a virtualenv.

Requirements

xcode 5.1.1
python 3.4.0
Qt libraries 5.2.1
SIP 4.15.5
PyQt 5.2.1

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installation

install xcode
install the Command Line Tools (open Xcode > Preferences > Downloads)
install Qt libraries (qt-opensource-mac-x64-clang-5.2.1.dmg)
install python 3.4
create a virtual env (i.e. ~/.env/ariane_mail)
unzip and compile SIP and PyQt

    cd /var/tmp
    cp /Users/gvincent/Downloads/PyQt-gpl-5.2.1.tar.gz .
    cp /Users/gvincent/Downloads/sip-4.15.5.tar.gz .
    tar xvf PyQt-gpl-5.2.1.tar.gz
    tar xvf sip-4.15.5.tar.gz
    cd sip-4.15.5/
    python3 configure.py -d ~/.env/ariane_mail/lib/python3.4/site-packages --arch x86_64
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo make clean
    cd ../PyQt-gpl-5.2.1/
    python3 configure.py --destdir ~/.env/ariane_mail/lib/python3.4/site-packages --qmake ~/Qt5.2.1/5.2.1/clang_64/bin/qmake
    make
    sudo make install
    sudo make clean
    ~/.env/ariane_mail/bin/python -c "import PyQt5"

Hi there,

Im unable to create C++ code while installing PyQt5 Python3 on OS X and Py2APP

Here is the error that I get and and I have no other explanations. Please Help!

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.5/bin. The interpreter used by pyuic5 is python3.5. Generating the C++ source for the QtCore module... /Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.6/bin/sip -w -f -t WS_MACX -t Qt_5_7_0 -B Qt_6_0_0 -P -o -y QtCore.pyi -c /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/QtCore -I sip -I /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/sip /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/sip/QtCore/QtCoremod.sip sip: Deprecation warning: /Users/grit/Desktop/asd/PyQt5_gpl-5.7/sip/QtCore/QtCoremod.sip:23: %Module version numbers are deprecated and ignored Error: Unable to create the C++ code.

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