setup.py - how should such a file be structured?

[PythonQTMarlem]

Hello,

I am still dealing with the deployment of a Python Qt application.

I discovered that you can create a setup.py file.

My goal:

I would like to query the operating system in setup.py and call the correct command depending on the operating system to install Qt.

I tried the following:

import os
import sys
from distutils.core import setup
 
setup(name='PQT-Texteditor',
      version='1.0',
      description='Barrierefreier Texteditor der plattformunabhängig ist',
      author='Markus Lemcke',
      author_email='info@marlem-software.de',
      url='https://www.marlem-software.de',
     )
 
def betriebssystemabfragen():
    name_des_betriebssystems = sys.platform
    return name_des_betriebssystems
 
 
def qtinstallieren():
    name_des_betriebssystems = betriebssystemabfragen
    if name_des_betriebssystems == "win32":
        print("Das aktuelle Betriebssystems ist Windows!")
    else:
        if name_des_betriebssystems == "linux":
            print("Das aktuelle Betriebssystems ist Linux!")
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    qtinstallieren

If I call setup.py like this:

python setup.py install

qtinstall is not executed. Why?

[SGaist]

Hi,

You should rather list PySide2 or PyQt5 as dependencies of your application so they will be automatically installed.

[PythonQTMarlem]

@SGaist said in setup.py - how should such a file be structured?:

dependencies

Thank you for your fast answer.

what do I have to search for in the search engine to find an example of this?

[SGaist]

Python setup.py dependencies

You will get this nice tutorial

[PythonQTMarlem]

You are a giant!
That's working:

import os
import sys
from setuptools import setup


setup(name='PQT-Texteditor',
      version='1.0',
      description='Barrierefreier Texteditor der plattformunabhängig ist',
      author='Markus Lemcke',
      author_email='info@marlem-software.de',
      url='https://www.marlem-software.de',
      install_requires=['PyQt5'],
     )

Thank you so much!

[SGaist]

You're welcome !

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