.. _installing_macosx:

Installing PySide on a Mac OS X System
======================================

Installing prerequisites
------------------------

Install latest ``pip`` distribution: download `get-pip.py
<https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py>`_ and run it using
the ``python`` interpreter.

You need to install or build Qt 4.8 first, see the `Qt Project Documentation
<http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/install-mac.html>`_.

Alternatively you can use `Homebrew <http://brew.sh/>`_ and install Qt with

::

   $ brew install qt

Installing PySide
-----------------

To install PySide on Mac OS X you can choose from the following options:

#. Use pip to install the ``wheel`` binary packages:

   ::

      $ pip install -U PySide