PyQt-builder - The PEP 517 Compliant PyQt Build System
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What is PyQt-builder?
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PyQt-builder is the PEP 517 compliant build system for PyQt and projects that
extend PyQt.  It extends the sip build system and uses Qt's ``qmake`` to
perform the actual compilation and installation of extension modules.

Projects that use PyQt-builder provide an appropriate ``pyproject.toml`` file
and an optional ``project.py`` script.  Any PEP 517 compliant frontend, for
example ``sip-install`` or ``pip`` can then be used to build and install the
project.


Author
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PyQt-builder is copyright (c) Riverbank Computing Limited.  Its homepage is
https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/.

Support may be obtained from the PyQt mailing list at
https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/mailman/listinfo/pyqt/.


License
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PyQt-builder is released under the BSD license.


Installation
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PyQt-builder can be installed from PyPI::

    pip install PyQt-builder

However you do not normally need to explicitly install it.  It will be
installed automatically when it is needed.


Documentation
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The documentation for the latest release is part of the
`PyQt5 <https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Docs/PyQt5/>`__
documentation.
