Installing spyder python on windows 8

Question

I would like to install spyder (the math IDE for python, here 2.7) on my windows 8.1 machine.

1. I did install python starting from http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/;

2. I did install pip after having installed setuptools, following http://www.pip-installer.org/en/latest/installing.html for these installations;

3. I did change my path to add C:\Python27 and C:\Python27\Scripts to it, digging into the advanced parameters of my PC's properties. (By the way, I can't beleive the way you do this on windows has not changed for ages, with such a small input where you forgot to go at the end of the value when adding your path...)

4. I did install spyder

   pip install spyder
   

But when launching it in command line (it's in the path :-) ), I ran through this error:

RuntimeError: Please check Spyder installation requirements:
PyQt4 4.4+ (or PySide 1.1.1+) is required.

Which is truly true. Though,

• when trying to pip PyQt4 :

  No distributions at all found for PyQt4
  

• when trying to pip PySide, I have many errors, the root one seeming that it is unable to find nmake

Any piece of advice ?

Answer 1

To install PySide on Windows you can choose from the following options:

1. Download and install the packages from the releases page.

2. Use setuptools to install the egg binary packages:

   c:> c:\Python27\Scripts\easy_install PySide

3. Use pip to install the wheel binary packages:

   c:> c:\Python27\Scripts\pip install --use-wheel PySide

Details are here https://pypi.python.org/pypi/PySide#installing-pyside-on-a-windows-system

BTW: PyQt does not support setuptools or pip