🔒 I can’t install PyQt6-WebEngine

[rocky moon]

Installation procedure: pip install PyQt6-WebEngine

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[rocky moon]

Just installed Python

[wispy dagger]

why did you install Python 3.4.2?

[rocky moon]

Compatibility?

[waxen gorge]

Are we on XP again?

[rocky moon]

Nah

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pyqt6 webengine says it's python 3.9+

[wispy dagger]

is that a question? Why did you choose that version?

[waxen gorge]

I'm pretty sure for PyQt6 you'll need at least 3.10 or so.

[rocky moon]

Ok, I’ll install the latest Python then

[rocky moon]

For compatibility

[next adder]

You can't on that old of an OS

[wispy dagger]

with what?

[rocky moon]

I can. It’s kernel NT 10 modified with Windows XP system files

[waxen gorge]

so Windows 10, basically

[rocky moon]

Yes

I’m uninstalling

[crimson skiff]

maybe you can, with this much system modification who knows

[verbal turtle]

Note "NT 10" is used by Windows 11 too
So you really need the full version

[waxen gorge]

Windows 11 is Windows 10 with a webview on top /hj

[waxen gorge]

But yeah, you want anything later than 3.9, preferably one of the latest ones.

And then you should be able to at least attempt an install.

[wispy dagger]

I'm still curious about 3.4.2: it's not even the latest 3.4.x release. Very odd.

[waxen gorge]

Yeah, go through that.

Then open a terminal and type py to confirm that you installed it.

[rocky moon]

I think I don’t have the program for msix files

Maybe I should try a standalone

[waxen gorge]

Just do the typical MSI then, it should still be there.

[rocky moon]

Is this correct?

[waxen gorge]

Should be, yeah.

[rocky moon]

There are other options too

[rocky moon]

Ok

Now what?

[waxen gorge]

You can click on the "disable path length limit" part if you want.

[rocky moon]

Is it better?

[waxen gorge]

Then "Close", and after that, you'll want to get a terminal and type py.

[rocky moon]

Ok

[waxen gorge]

I'd recommend it, it might avoid you problems in the future.

[rocky moon]

Now I’m here

[rocky moon]

Thank you

[waxen gorge]

Can you get to a Powershell window?

Or well, cmd works too, I like pwsh more. But basically, you want a terminal.

[rocky moon]

Yes

[verbal turtle]

lol it says try 6

[rocky moon]

What?

[verbal turtle]

Read the screen

Put $PSVersionTable in PowerShell real quick just to sanity check the version

[rocky moon]

Yeah, what is pscore6

[waxen gorge]

Now type py.

The pscore6 thingy is basically telling you to get a newer version of Powershell.

[waxen gorge]

Alright, so you have Python now.

Type exit, we don't want to be in there.

[rocky moon]

Ok

[waxen gorge]

Now you can try installing the webengine.

One thing though: you'll want to do py -m pip instead of just pip.

Doing it through py -m will ensure that it installs to the correct environment so that when you run py something.py, it can see that the package is installed.

And it's also just good practice in general.

[waxen gorge]

See the >>> at the start?

That means you're in the REPL which is where you run Python code.

[rocky moon]

Yes

[waxen gorge]

That's why I said to do exit since that gets you out of the REPL and into the terminal.

[rocky moon]

I just opened it from the XP start menu

[waxen gorge]

Welp, you seem to have closed the other terminal you had.

Open a new one.

[rocky moon]

A cmd one?

[waxen gorge]

Sure

[rocky moon]

It seems to be working

[waxen gorge]

Looks okay, just wait for it to finish.

if you see any errors or anything, let us know

[rocky moon]

Now this is the screen

[bitter remnant]

Looks like it worked.

[rocky moon]

Ok. Is everything solved?

[bitter remnant]

It seems like you were able to install PyQt6-WebEngine, at least.

[rocky moon]

Thank you all for the help 👍🏻

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