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index fa6fc6037..fd1bf89f8 100644
--- a/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted-macOS.rst
+++ b/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted-macOS.rst
@@ -4,20 +4,17 @@ Getting Started on macOS
Requirements
------------
- * Qt package from `here`_ or a custom build of Qt (preferably
- Qt 5.12 or greater)
+ * Qt package from `here`_ or a custom build of Qt 5.12+ (preferably 5.15)
* A Python interpreter (version Python 3.5+ or Python 2.7).
You can use the one provided by HomeBrew, or you can get
python from the `official website`_.
* `XCode`_ 8.2 (macOS 10.11), 8.3.3 (macOS 10.12), 9 (macOS 10.13), 10.1 (macOS 10.14)
* `CMake`_ version 3.1 or greater
* Git version 2 or greater
- * `libclang`_ from your system or the prebuilt version from the
- ``Qt Downloads`` page is recommended.
- * ``virtualenv`` is strongly recommended, but optional.
+ * `libclang`_ from your system or the prebuilt version from the ``Qt Downloads`` page is
+ recommended. libclang10 is required for PySide 5.15.
* ``sphinx`` package for the documentation (optional).
- * Depending on your OS, the following dependencies might also
- be required:
+ * Depending on your OS, the following dependencies might also be required:
* ``libgl-dev``,
* ``python-dev``,
@@ -37,13 +34,12 @@ Building from source
Creating a virtual environment
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-``virtualenv`` allows you to create a local, user-writeable copy of a python environment into
+The ``venv`` module allows you to create a local, user-writeable copy of a python environment into
which arbitrary modules can be installed and which can be removed after use::
- virtualenv testenv
+ python -m venv testenv # your interpreter could be called 'python3'
source testenv/bin/activate
- pip install sphinx # optional: documentation
- pip install numpy PyOpenGL # optional: for examples
+ pip install -r requirements.txt # General dependencies, documentation, and examples.
will create and use a new virtual environment, which is indicated by the command prompt changing.
@@ -52,12 +48,12 @@ Setting up CLANG
If you don't have libclang already in your system, you can download from the Qt servers::
- wget https://download.qt.io/development_releases/prebuilt/libclang/libclang-release_60-mac-clazy.7z
+ wget http://download.qt.io/development_releases/prebuilt/libclang/libclang-release_100-based-mac.7z
Extract the files, and leave it on any desired path, and then set these two required
environment variables::
- 7z x libclang-release_60-linux-Rhel7.2-gcc5.3-x86_64-clazy.7z
+ 7z x libclang-release_100-based-mac.7z
export CLANG_INSTALL_DIR=$PWD/libclang
Getting PySide2
@@ -67,9 +63,9 @@ Cloning the official repository can be done by::
git clone --recursive https://code.qt.io/pyside/pyside-setup
-Checking out the version that we want to build, e.g. 5.14::
+Checking out the version that we want to build, e.g. 5.15::
- cd pyside-setup && git checkout 5.14
+ cd pyside-setup && git checkout 5.15
.. note:: Keep in mind you need to use the same version as your Qt installation
@@ -77,18 +73,18 @@ Building PySide2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Check your Qt installation path, to specifically use that version of qmake to build PySide2.
-e.g. ``/opt/Qt/5.14.0/gcc_64/bin/qmake``.
+e.g. ``/opt/Qt/5.15.0/gcc_64/bin/qmake``.
Build can take a few minutes, so it is recommended to use more than one CPU core::
- python setup.py build --qmake=/opt/Qt/5.14.0/gcc_64/bin/qmake --build-tests --ignore-git --parallel=8
+ python setup.py build --qmake=/opt/Qt/5.15.0/gcc_64/bin/qmake --build-tests --ignore-git --parallel=8
Installing PySide2
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To install on the current directory, just run::
- python setup.py install --qmake=/opt/Qt/5.14.0/gcc_64/bin/qmake --build-tests --ignore-git --parallel=8
+ python setup.py install --qmake=/opt/Qt/5.15.0/gcc_64/bin/qmake --build-tests --ignore-git --parallel=8
Test installation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~