

Save and close the file by pressing Ctrl + X, then Y, and then Enter.

This will add the directory where qmake is installed to the system's PATH. Then, add the following line to the end of the file: export PATH="/usr/local/opt/qt/bin:$PATH" bash_profile file in terminal by typing: nano ~/.bash_profile To add this path to the system's PATH, you'll need to open the. To install Qt5, you can run the following command in terminal: brew install qt5Īfter installation, you'll need to locate the qmake tool path, which is usually found here: /usr/local/opt/qt/bin/qmake. On macOS, there is a known issue when trying to install PyQt5 that requires having Qt5 installed on the system and its qmake tool added to the system's PATH, as indicated in the installation section of its PyPI page. Note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip. × Encountered error while generating package metadata.

Note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip. Project = AbstractProject.bootstrap('wheel',įile "/private/var/folders/ky/630000/T/pip-build-env-129w2sdq/overlay/lib/python3.11/site-packages/sipbuild/abstract_project.py", line 87, in bootstrap Whl_basename = backend.build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings) Json_out = hook(**hook_input)įile "/Users/name/Documents/final_project/tfod/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 152, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel Querying qmake about your Qt installation.įile "/Users/name/Documents/final_project/tfod/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in įile "/Users/name/Documents/final_project/tfod/lib/python3.11/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main × Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully. This is an example of what I have tried: (env) project % pip install pyqt5 I have tried updating pip, using Homebrew, downloading the source code, and many other methods, but I have still been unable to install it. I tried downloading Qt to see if there were any dependencies that were missing, but it did not resolve the issue. I attempted to install it in a Python virtual environment, but still no success. I have tried a million different ways to install PyQt5, but I keep getting the same error message.
