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Xristos Xristoou

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Dec 12, 2016, 2:29:38 PM12/12/16
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hello i want to install sip on windows bit using python
32 bit.
i download sip from this link https://www.riverbankcomputing.com
i try to install from cmd line :

C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd C:\Users\username\Desktop\sip-4.17

C:\Users\username\Desktop\sip-4.17>python configure.py install
and take that error any idea ?

This is SIP 4.17 for Python 2.7.11 on win32.
Error: Unsupported macro name specified. Use the --show-build-macros flag to
see a list of supported macros.

Bob Gailer

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Dec 12, 2016, 2:39:05 PM12/12/16
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On Dec 12, 2016 2:30 PM, "Xristos Xristoou" <sax...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> hello i want to install sip on windows bit using python
> 32 bit.
> i download sip from this link https://www.riverbankcomputing.com
> i try to install from cmd line :
>
> C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd C:\Users\username\Desktop\sip-4.17
>
> C:\Users\username\Desktop\sip-4.17>python configure.py install
> and take that error any idea ?
The instructions at Riverbank for installing sip tell me to use pip3
install. I suggest you try that.
>
> This is SIP 4.17 for Python 2.7.11 on win32.
> Error: Unsupported macro name specified. Use the --show-build-macros flag
to
> see a list of supported macros.
>
> --
> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Phil Thompson

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Dec 12, 2016, 2:41:12 PM12/12/16
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On 12 Dec 2016, at 7:38 pm, Bob Gailer <bga...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Dec 12, 2016 2:30 PM, "Xristos Xristoou" <sax...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> hello i want to install sip on windows bit using python
>> 32 bit.
>> i download sip from this link https://www.riverbankcomputing.com
>> i try to install from cmd line :
>>
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd C:\Users\username\Desktop\sip-4.17
>>
>> C:\Users\username\Desktop\sip-4.17>python configure.py install
>> and take that error any idea ?
> The instructions at Riverbank for installing sip tell me to use pip3
> install. I suggest you try that.

Not for Python v2.

Phil

Phil Thompson

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Dec 12, 2016, 2:43:32 PM12/12/16
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Try the documentation...

http://pyqt.sourceforge.net/Docs/sip4/installation.html

Phil

Xristos Xristoou

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Dec 12, 2016, 2:44:50 PM12/12/16
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yes but i dont have python 3 i need use python 2.7
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