How to configure environment variables in pyqt5

1 year ago
Emily Johnson
2 minutes

Before setting up the PyQt5 environment variables, make sure that the PyQt5 library has been installed. Then follow the steps below to configure the PyQt5 environment variables:

  1. Open the terminal or command prompt.
  2. Display information about PyQt5 with the pip command.
  3. On Windows:
    – Right-click on “My Computer” (or “This PC”) and select “Properties”.
    – Click on “Advanced system settings”.
    – Click on “Environment Variables”.
    – Under “System Variables”, find the variable named “Path” and double-click to open.
    – Click on “New”, and paste the installation path of the PyQt5 library into the new item.
    – Click “OK” to save changes.
  4. On Linux and macOS:

    1. Open the terminal.
    2. Edit the ~/.bashrc file: nano ~/.bashrc

    or

    vi ~/.bashrc

    3. Add the following line to the file, replacing with the installation path of the PyQt5 library: export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:

    4. Save the file and exit the editor.
    5. Run the following command to make the changes take effect: source ~/.bashrc

  5. Execute Python code that imports the PyQt5 module.

Note: The above steps are for adding the path of the PyQt5 library to the system’s environment variables so that the PyQt5 library can be referenced directly from any location. If you only need to use PyQt5 in a specific project, you can directly add the following line to the project’s code (before the import statement):

import sys
sys.path.append("<path_to_PyQt5>")
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