Getting Started

Python

MadQt is a python package, this means you will need to have python installed.

Download and install Python

We prioritized the usage of higher versions of python!

  • MadQt uses PySide6.

  • PySide6 recommends the usage of Python 3.7 for maximum compatibility.

  • When using higher versions of python with PySide 6.5 and over, certain features of PySide6 will not work properly, like multiple class inheritance in certain situations.

For this reason we limited the PySide6 version to 6.4.3 until the PySide6 team bumps its python compatibility. This way we can use python 3.9 and over.

Pip

MadQt is a pip package, this means you will need to have pip installed in order to install MadQt.

Installing Pip

Once you have Python and pip installed in your system you can install and update MadQt from a command line.

Install 

pip install MadQt

Update 

pip install --upgrade MadQt

Dependencies

Apart from python, the dependencies bellow will automatically be installed or updated once you install MadQt via pip.

Python >= 3.9
PySide6 >= 6.0.0, <= 6.4.3
Pillow >= 8.3.0
pyinstaller >= 4.7

Checking installation

From a python script.py 

import MadQt
print("MadQt version:", MadQt.__version__)

From a python environment 

import MadQt
MadQt.__version__

Unlocking QtDesigner Plugins

Importing MadQt or any module from it will unlock it’s plugins in QtDesigner
You only have to do it once so that MadQt can create a permanent environment variable.

import MadQt

If you are using a virtual environment like “pyenv”, in order to access the plugins in QtDesigner, you will have to run QtDesigner from the virtual environment.

pyenv example:

pyenv exec path/to/env/Lib/site-packages/PySide6/designer.exe