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diff --git a/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted-windows.rst b/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted-windows.rst deleted file mode 100644 index df24a3f90..000000000 --- a/sources/pyside2/doc/gettingstarted-windows.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,97 +0,0 @@ -Getting Started on Windows -========================== - -The Qt library has to be built with the same version of MSVC as Python and PySide2, this can be -selected when using the online installer. - -Requirements ------------- - - * Qt package from `here`_ or a custom build of Qt 5.12+ (preferably Qt 5.15) - * A Python interpreter (version Python 3.6+). Preferably get it from the `official website`_. - * `MSVC2017`_ (or MSVC2019) for Python 3 on Windows, - * `CMake`_ version 3.1 or greater - * `Git`_ version 2 or greater - * `libclang`_ prebuilt version from the ``Qt Downloads`` page is recommended. We recommend - libclang10 for PySide 5.15. - * `OpenSSL`_ (optional for SSL support, Qt must have been configured using the same SSL library). - * ``venv`` or ``virtualenv`` is strongly recommended, but optional. - * ``sphinx`` package for the documentation (optional). - -.. note:: Python 3.8.0 was missing some API required for PySide/Shiboken so it's not possible - to use it for a Windows build. - - -.. _here: https://qt.io/download -.. _official website: https://www.python.org/downloads/ -.. _MSVC2017: https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/thank-you-downloading-visual-studio/?sku=BuildTools -.. _CMake: https://cmake.org/download/ -.. _Git: https://git-scm.com/download/win -.. _libclang: http://download.qt.io/development_releases/prebuilt/libclang/ -.. _OpenSSL: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openssl/ - - -Building from source on Windows 10 ----------------------------------- - -Creating a virtual environment -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -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:: - - python -m venv testenv - call testenv\Scripts\activate - 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. - -Setting up CLANG -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -If you don't have libclang already in your system, you can download from the Qt servers, -e.g. ``libclang-release_100-based-windows-vs2019_64.7z``. - -Extract the files, and leave it on any desired path, e.g ``c:\``, and then set these two required -environment variables:: - - set LLVM_INSTALL_DIR=c:\libclang - set PATH=C:\libclang\bin;%PATH% - -Getting PySide2 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -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. 5.15:: - - cd pyside-setup && git checkout 5.15 - -.. note:: Keep in mind you need to use the same version as your Qt installation - -Building PySide2 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -Check your Qt installation path, to specifically use that version of qmake to build PySide2. -e.g. ``E:\Qt\5.15.0\msvc2019_64\bin\qmake.exe``. - -Build can take a few minutes, so it is recommended to use more than one CPU core:: - - python setup.py build --qmake=c:\path\to\qmake.exe --openssl=c:\path\to\openssl\bin --build-tests --ignore-git --parallel=8 - -Installing PySide2 -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -To install on the current directory, just run:: - - python setup.py install --qmake=c:\path\to\qmake.exe --openssl=c:\path\to\openssl\bin --build-tests --ignore-git --parallel=8 - -Test installation -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - -You can execute one of the examples to verify the process is properly working. -Remember to properly set the environment variables for Qt and PySide2:: - - python examples/widgets/widgets/tetrix.py |