# Install pyqt-builder with Homebrew, pacman, apt, dnf

Tool to build PyQt. Version 1.19.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-15. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install pyqt-builder-doc.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pyqt-builder
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pyqt-builder
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S pyqt-builder
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: pyqt-builder from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install pyqt-builder-doc
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: pyqt-builder-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install PyQt-builder
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: PyQt-builder from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pyqt-builder
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pyqt-builder>
- **Version:** 1.19.1
- **Source summary:** Tool to build PyQt
- **Homepage:** <https://pyqt-builder.readthedocs.io/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Python-PyQt/PyQt-builder>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://pyqt-builder.readthedocs.io/>
- **License:** BSD-2-Clause
- **Source archive:** <https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/61/f6/f3b504b4d55a7c4d3393cb90378501f1f5fc7f233bd85c0375674f84d2af/pyqt_builder-1.19.1.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-15T14:18:20Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-04T22:13:35+00:00

## Executables

- pyqt-bundle (cli)
- pyqt-qt-wheel (cli)
- pyqt-bundle (alias)
- pyqt-qt-wheel (alias)

## Dependencies

- python@3.14

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on all

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-04
- Package-manager version: 1.19.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-07-15
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://pyqt-builder.readthedocs.io/
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: pyproject.toml, project.py
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pyqt-builder
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Head Version:** HEAD
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** head, stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - pyqt-builder-doc - 1.18.1+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: pyqt-builder-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system — documentation | https://github.com/Python-PyQt/PyQt-builder
- Debian apt - python3-pyqtbuild - 1.18.1+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-pyqtbuild from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system | https://github.com/Python-PyQt/PyQt-builder
- Ubuntu apt - pyqt-builder-doc - 1.15.4+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: pyqt-builder-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system — documentation | https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt-builder/intro
- Ubuntu apt - python3-pyqtbuild - 1.15.4+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-pyqtbuild from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system | https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt-builder/intro
- dnf - PyQt-builder - 1.19.1-5.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: PyQt-builder from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/210a2053c8e007daf9ae39c2a21daaed9b2ddd07d63ecffa597050361e73650c-primary.xml.zst | The PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system | https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/
- pacman - pyqt-builder - 1.19.1-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: pyqt-builder from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | The PEP 517 compliant PyQt build system | https://pypi.org/project/PyQt-builder/


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pyqt-builder.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/pyqt-builder.yml)


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