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  1. Qt for Python
  2. PYSIDE-2855

No working instructions for install PySide6 under Ubuntu 24.04

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    • 6.7.2
    • PySide
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    • Linux/Wayland

    Description

      Under Ubuntu 24.04 Qt documentation offers no workable suggestion for how to install PySide6.  This is fairly basic for any Ubuntu PySide6 user!

      The generic instructions at https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-6/ simply state:

      > You can obtain the latest stable version by running pip install pyside6

      But this no longer works!  You get: a long error message starting with:

      pip install PySide6
      error: externally-managed-environment× This environment is externally managed

      I believe this actually started at Ubuntu 23.04.  See e.g. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/04/pip-install-error-externally-managed-environment-fix

      I don't know whether this is an issue in other Linux distros or just Ubuntu, which I believe is about the commonly used Linux distro at least in the Qt arena.

      If you wish to encourage/support use of PySide6 under Ubuntu I feel you really need to give users some help/information about this.  It is very disconcerting to find you cannot even install PySide6, let alone use it!

      Finally on a related matter: I don't know how it works/who decides, but while Qt6 and PyQt6 are available as packages for Ubuntu 24.04 installable with `apt get`, while there are plenty of packages available for `python3-pyside2.qt...` there isn't anything for PySide6.  I don't suppose you can influence/cause Ubuntu 24+ to supply similar for PySide6?

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