install_qt.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# script for installing qt5
# pulled from http://gist.github.com/hsercanatli/9773597f58a9961b558b58d2f0cffe6c 3.6-dev

sudo add-apt-repository --yes ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update -qq

# Install Qt5, QtMultimedia and QtSvg
sudo apt-get install -qq qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5svg5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev
export QMAKE=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake

# Library versions
PYQT_VERSION=5.12.8
SIP_VERSION=4.19

# Install sip
wget --retry-connrefused https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/sip/sip-$SIP_VERSION/sip-$SIP_VERSION.tar.gz
tar -xzf sip-$SIP_VERSION.tar.gz
cd sip-$SIP_VERSION
python configure.py
make
sudo make install
cd ..

# Install PyQt5
export PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$HOME/PyQt5_install-$PYQT_VERSION

python -c 'import PyQt5' 
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
      echo "PyQt5 imported"
else
    wget --retry-connrefused https://sourceforge.net/projects/pyqt/files/PyQt5/PyQt-$PYQT_VERSION/PyQt5_gpl-$PYQT_VERSION.tar.gz
    tar -xzf PyQt5_gpl-$PYQT_VERSION.tar.gz
    cd PyQt5_gpl-$PYQT_VERSION
    python configure.py --confirm-license --qmake=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qt5/bin/qmake --destdir $HOME/PyQt5_install-$PYQT_VERSION
    make
    sudo make install
fi

python -c 'from PyQt5 import QtCore' 
if [ "$?" -eq "0" ]; then
      echo "PyQt5 imported"
fi