Installing PyQt5 in pyenv created virtual envirionment

Question

I'm currently struggling to install a python package in a virtual environment. The set-up is the following: I have an M1 mac and with it, I have the system python installations located in /usr/bin/python (v 2.7.18) and usr/bin/python3 (v 3.8.9). Since I don't really like messing with these, I have installed pyenv and pyenv-virtualenv over brew . I installed Python 3.10.1 and created a virtual environment, let's call it test . I also added the following lines to .zshrc

if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
  eval "$(pyenv init -)"
fi

alias brew='env PATH="${PATH//$(pyenv root)\/shims:/}" brew'
PATH=$(pyenv root)/shims:$PATH

(Most of this was done by following the explanations on the github page of pyenv ).

I'm now trying to install some packages in test . numpy, scipy , etc worked perfectly but when I try to install PyQt5 with pip I get an error.

❯ pip install PyQt5
Collecting PyQt5
  Using cached PyQt5-5.15.6.tar.gz (3.2 MB)
  Installing build dependencies ... done
  Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
  Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
  ERROR: Command errored out with exit status 1:
   command: /Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/bin/python3.10 /Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/tmp2ofsepfy
       cwd: /private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-install-5rev2dd7/pyqt5_3892c9f35c2f41a186bcd36237d536d7
  Complete output (29 lines):
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 156, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
      hook = backend.prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
  AttributeError: module 'sipbuild.api' has no attribute 'prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel'

  During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 363, in <module>
      main()
    File "/Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 345, in main
      json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
    File "/Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py", line 160, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
      whl_basename = backend.build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings)
    File "/private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-build-env-vyb7aqa6/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sipbuild/api.py", line 51, in build_wheel
      project = AbstractProject.bootstrap('pep517')
    File "/private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-build-env-vyb7aqa6/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sipbuild/abstract_project.py", line 83, in bootstrap
      project.setup(pyproject, tool, tool_description)
    File "/private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-build-env-vyb7aqa6/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py", line 587, in setup
      self.apply_user_defaults(tool)
    File "/private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-install-5rev2dd7/pyqt5_3892c9f35c2f41a186bcd36237d536d7/project.py", line 63, in apply_user_defaults
      super().apply_user_defaults(tool)
    File "/private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-build-env-vyb7aqa6/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyqtbuild/project.py", line 70, in apply_user_defaults
      super().apply_user_defaults(tool)
    File "/private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-build-env-vyb7aqa6/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py", line 234, in apply_user_defaults
      self.builder.apply_user_defaults(tool)
    File "/private/var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/pip-build-env-vyb7aqa6/overlay/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pyqtbuild/builder.py", line 67, in apply_user_defaults
      raise PyProjectOptionException('qmake',
  sipbuild.pyproject.PyProjectOptionException
  ----------------------------------------
WARNING: Discarding https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/3b/27/fd81188a35f37be9b3b4c2db1654d9439d1418823916fe702ac3658c9c41/PyQt5-5.15.6.tar.gz#sha256=80343bcab95ffba619f2ed2467fd828ffeb0a251ad7225be5fc06dcc333af452 (from https://pypi.org/simple/pyqt5/) (requires-python:>=3.6). Command errored out with exit status 1: /Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/bin/python3.10 /Users/UserName/.pyenv/versions/3.10.1/envs/simpy/lib/python3.10/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pep517/in_process/_in_process.py prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel /var/folders/yk/q1gxptj56gj5n3jt8l48xj580000gn/T/tmp2ofsepfy Check the logs for full command output.

What exactly is going on here? Is this related to the m1 chip or the set-up of the virtual environment? How can I fix this?

On the suggestion of @pedro_bb7 I downgraded Python to 3.9.9 (since PyQt5 is not yet ready for Python 3.10.0) and also tried installing an older versions ( 5.14.1/2/, 5.15.0/1/2/3/4/5/6 ) of PyQt5 over the command

❯ pip install PyQt5==5.14.0
Collecting PyQt5==5.14.0
  Using cached PyQt5-5.14.0.tar.gz (3.2 MB)
ERROR: PyQt5==5.14.0 from https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/7c/5b/e760ec4f868cb77cee45b4554bf15d3fe6972176e89c4e3faac941213694/PyQt5-5.14.0.tar.gz#sha256=0145a6b7de15756366decb736c349a0cb510d706c83fda5b8cd9e0557bc1da72 has a pyproject.toml file that does not comply with PEP 518: 'build-system.requires' contains an invalid requirement: 'sip >=5.0.1 <6'

As you can see, still no luck...