please help me choose a proper gui library.

[Phil Thompson]

On Saturday 18 November 2006 6:22 pm, krishnakant Mane wrote:
> On 18/11/06, Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.co.uk> wrote:
> > You have to install Qt first. You only need to install the run-time
> > elements (ie. the DLLs) on the client's machine. Unless your application
> > is licensed under the GPL (and you are using the GPL version of Qt and
> > PyQt) then there are components of Qt that you must not install on the
> > client's machine.
>
> Yes, the software is licensed under gpl.  how do I determine what
> run-time elements I need to install on the clien'ts machine and what
> is supposed to  be skipped?

I've already said what you need. Try it and see if anything else is needed.

> > The only binary installer provided is for the GPL version of PyQt. Qt has
> > separate installers. It's easy enough to use something like NSIS to
> > create your own installer for your application that includes everything
> > that it needs.
>
> that's exactly what I am planning, only need to figure out what all do
> I need to package apart from the application executable.  by the way I
> will be using cx_freze for creating executables.  so I hope I will not
> require to also ship the PYQT modules?
>
> > PyQt fully supports Python 2.5.
>
> but my problem is that I will only be able to use python 2.4, is that
> ok?  the PYQT installer asks "you seam to have a version older than
> python25, would you still like to continue?"  is it safe to do so?  I
> did not find a gpl binary for PYQT that is made for python24.  please
> give the URL if possible.

You will have to compile PyQt yourself for Python 2.4. This is 
straightforward. When you install the GPL version of Qt it will install a 
copy of the MinGW compiler for you.

> > Google for the different ones and try them out.
>
> which is the best editor which I can consider simple, does auto
> indentation and has some kind of auto completion features?  it is ok
> if I don't get a gui designer.

Qt includes a GUI designer.

> > In addition to your application you need to distribute the Qt DLLs (and
> > plugins if you use them), the corresponding PyQt .pyd files and sip.pyd.
> > If you are using the GPL version of Qt then you may also need to consider
> > the MinGW DLLs. Finally you need to consider if you need to distribute
> > Python itself.
> >
> > You might like to look at tools like PyInstaller for creating single
> > executables.
>
> this is all confusing for me right now.  can you please give me any
> links possible for having a binary qt installer that will also install
> dlls required by PYQT?
> and how will I be able to determine what dll files and what other
> components I will need to ship with my installer?
> thanks.

Take it one step at a time and test your installation on a clean system.

Phil