Installing spyder python on windows 8

Question

I would like to install spyder (the math IDE for python, here 2.7) on my windows 8.1 machine.

1. I did install python starting from http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/;

2. I did install pip after having installed setuptools, following http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html for these installations;

3. I did change my path to add C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts to it, digging into the advanced parameters of my PC's properties. (By the way, I can't beleive the way you do this on windows has not changed for ages, with such a small input where you forgot to go at the end of the value when adding your path...)

4. I did install spyder

   pip install spyder
   

But when launching it in command line (it's in the path :-) ), I ran through this error:

RuntimeError: Please check Spyder installation requirements:
PyQt4 4.4+ (or PySide 1.1.1+) is required.

Which is truly true. Though,

• when trying to pip PyQt4 :

  No distributions at all found for PyQt4
  

• when trying to pip PySide, I have many errors, the root one seeming that it is unable to find nmake

Any piece of advice ?

Answer 1

To install PySide on Windows you can choose from the following options:

1. Download and install the packages from the releases page.

2. Use setuptools to install the egg binary packages:

   c:> c:\Python27\Scripts\easy_install PySide

3. Use pip to install the wheel binary packages:

   c:> c:\Python27\Scripts\pip install --use-wheel PySide

Details are here https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PySide#installing-pyside-on-a-windows-system

BTW: PyQt does not support setuptools or pip

Answer 2

I am not sure if its a proper answer, but you might want to take a look at PythonXY. It makes all these installation procedure a breeze.

Answer 3

From the details in your question, it looks like you are missing both PyQt4 and Qt itself.

There are binary installers for Windows available from the PyQt download page. These installers include both PyQt and Qt (as well as various other tools such as Qt Designer). The only things not included are the Qt documentation, and Python itself (which you seem to have already installed).

Just be careful to select the right installer from the list of Binary Packages: i.e. the one for Python-2.7, plus whatever architecture is appropriate for your system.