PyQT, how to compile SIP on MAC? (long)

[Phil Thompson]

Barron wrote:
> 
> Phil Thompson <phil at river-bank.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<mailman.1016790154.12480.python-list at python.org>...
> > Ingo Linkweiler wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am willing to use PyQt on Mac OS X
> > >
> > > But I was not able to compile SIP --
> > > http://www.river-bank.demon.co.uk/software/sip-3.0.tar.gz
> > >
> > > Are there any hints you can give to compile SIP with success?
> > >
> > > With windows and linux it works fine.
> >
> > I've had reports of SIP building fine, but PyQt having problems with
> > pyuic.
> >
> > I can't test any of this myself because I don't have the tools (cue
> > another begging letter for somebody to donate me a Mac and a development
> > environment).
> >
> > Phil
> 
> I, too, would love to get PyQt running on OS X! Any help is
> appreciated.
> 
> Phil, I wish I could ship you a machine to do the work, but until I
> win the lottery, my resources are quite limited <g>. However, I would
> be willing to contribute a few dollars toward the effort....
> 
> It seems like the first step is compiling SIP.
> So, I ran the .configure script. I received a few "no's" in the
> output. Is this a problem? (full output at the end of this message) It
> didn't seem to be, so I ran the "make check" to run the checks. (full
> output at the end of this message) The only errors seemed to come at
> the end:

I suggest you join the PyKDE mailing list.

I have produced v3.2rc1 for MacOS in
http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/download/snapshots/ which gets
further. I will release v3.2rc2 this weekend with further changes.
Several people are helping me with this at the moment - more helpis
welcome.

Phil