PyQt5: How to install/run Qt Designer

Question

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 1

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 2

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 3

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 4

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 5

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 6

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 7

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 8

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 9

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 10

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 11

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 12

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 13

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 14

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 15

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 16

Feeling really stupid, right now, but the title says it all:

How do you start the QtDesigner?

I've installed PyQt5 via pip and I believe to have identified the directory it's been installed in as

C:\Users\%username%\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36\Lib\site-packages\PyQt5

Now what? There are a lot of .pyd files, some .dll's, too, but nothing executable (well, except a QtWebEngineProcess.exe in ...\\site-packages\\PyQt5\\Qt\\bin , but that doesn't sound like what I'm looking for.

Answer 17

For Qt Designer 6 this worked for me thanks for that protip from @Bhaskar

pip install pyqt6-tools

Then started:

qt6-tools designer

End up with nice working lightweight Qt Designer 6.0.1 version

@ pip install pyqt6-tools
Collecting pyqt6-tools
  Using cached pyqt6_tools-6.1.0.3.2-py3-none-any.whl (29 kB)
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Collecting python-dotenv
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Collecting pyqt6==6.1.0
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Requirement already satisfied: click in ./.pyenv/versions/3.9.6/lib/python3.9/site-packages (from pyqt6-tools) (8.0.1)
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Collecting PyQt6-Qt6>=6.1.0
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Installing collected packages: qt6-applications, PyQt6-sip, PyQt6-Qt6, click, qt6-tools, pyqt6, python-dotenv, pyqt6-plugins, pyqt6-tools
  Attempting uninstall: click
    Found existing installation: click 8.0.1
    Uninstalling click-8.0.1:
      Successfully uninstalled click-8.0.1
Successfully installed PyQt6-Qt6-6.2.2 PyQt6-sip-13.2.0 click-7.1.2 pyqt6-6.1.0 pyqt6-plugins-6.1.0.2.2 pyqt6-tools-6.1.0.3.2 python-dotenv-0.19.2 qt6-applications-6.1.0.2.2 qt6-tools-6.1.0.1.2