Qt Bindings for Python Test Environments

When testing Python code using PyQt compatibility packages such as detect-qt-binding, we would need to test the code with different Qt bindings for Python. Here I summarize what environment is required to run those bindings.

PyQt6

cp39-abi3-win_amd64
cp39-abi3-win_arm64
cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_34_x86_64
cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_39_aarch64
cp39-abi3-macosx_10_14_universal2

A Conda environment would do.

PySide6

cp39-abi3-win_amd64
cp39-abi3-win_arm64
cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_34_x86_64
cp39-abi3-manylinux_2_39_aarch64
cp39-abi3-macosx_13_0_universal2

A Conda environment would do.

PyQt5

cp38-abi3-win_amd64
cp38-abi3-win32
cp38-abi3-manylinux_2_17_x86_64
cp38-abi3-macosx_11_0_x86_64
cp38-abi3-macosx_11_0_arm64

A Conda environment would do.

PySide2

cp35.cp36.cp37.cp38.cp39.cp310-none-win_amd64
cp35.cp36.cp37.cp38.cp39.cp310-none-win32
cp35.cp36.cp37.cp38.cp39.cp310-abi3-macosx_10_13_intel
cp27-cp27m-macosx_10_13_intel
cp35.cp36.cp37.cp38.cp39.cp310-abi3-manylinux1_x86_64
cp27-cp27mu-manylinux1_x86_64

A Conda environment would do.

PyQt4

Ubuntu 16 Xenial Xerus has the python3-pyqt4 package (unavailable on PyPI!)

To run Ubuntu 16 Xenial Xerus, consider building proot, and then setting up a Ubuntu 16 Xenial Xerus proot environment:

curl -O https://partner-images.canonical.com/core/xenial/current/ubuntu-xenial-core-cloudimg-amd64-root.tar.gz
mkdir ubuntu-rootfs
# Ignore error messages
tar -xpf ubuntu-*-core-cloudimg-*-root.tar.gz -C ubuntu-rootfs

Then, we can start the proot environment with:

proot \
	-0 \
	-b /dev/ \
	-b /etc/group \
	-b /etc/host.conf \
	-b /etc/hosts \
	-b /etc/mtab \
	-b /etc/networks \
	-b /etc/nsswitch.conf \
	-b /etc/passwd \
	-b /etc/resolv.conf \
	-b /etc/localtime \
	-b /proc/ \
	-b /run/ \
	-b /sys/ \
	-b /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket \
	-r ~/ubuntu-rootfs \
	-w / \
	/bin/bash