Install and run "hello world" example
-
apt-cache search pyqt
-
sudo apt-get install python-qt4
- Create a file
~/tmp/helloworld.py
import sys from PyQt4.QtGui import * app = QApplication(sys.argv) button = QPushButton("Hello World", None) button.show() app.exec_()
- Run it:
python ~/tmp/helloworld.py
You should see a window with a single button pop up.
Install additional examples
- For more examples, install the
python-qt4-doc
package:sudo apt-get install python-qt4-doc
- After installation, the examples are located at:
/usr/share/doc/python-qt4-doc/examples