Packaging & Distribution

There comes a point in any app's development where it needs to leave home — half the fun in writing software is being able to share it with other people. Packaging Python GUI apps can be a little tricky, but in this PyQt5 tutorial we'll cover how to package up your apps to share, whether commercially or just for fun.

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Icon from pyqt5/pyside2 resources

Published 03.07.2020
PyQt5

Package compatability

Published 14.06.2020
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How to specify absolute paths for QIcon

Published 28.05.2020
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I developed a simple demo and packed it with pyinstaller

Published 28.05.2020
PyQt5

Using command line arguments to open files with PyQt5 apps -- Windows file associations

Published 27.05.2020
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Fbs error Python 3.8

Published 11.05.2020
PyQt5

How to reference the app context from window on appcontext?

Published 11.05.2020
PyQt5

Mainwindow.ui Error in fbs freeze

Published 11.05.2020
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Packaged installer file sizes

Published 11.05.2020

Using fbs for packaging while creating the GUI with Qt Designer?

Published 11.05.2020
PyQt5 Tutorial

Packaging PyQt5 applications for Windows with PyInstaller & InstallForge

Turn your PyQt5 application into a distributable installer for Windows
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PyQt5 Tutorial

Packaging PyQt5 applications for Linux with PyInstaller & fpm

Turn your PyQt5 application into installable Linux packages
PySide2
PySide2 Tutorial

Packaging PySide apps with fbs

Distribute cross-platform GUI applications with the fman Build System
PyQt5
PyQt5 Tutorial

Packaging PyQt5 apps with fbs

Distribute cross-platform GUI applications with the fman Build System
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