Installing Eric4 on Windows 7, 32 Bit; using MS VS C++ 2010
After much ado and trial-and-error I was able to get it installed, via the following steps:
Command-prompt run as administrator in all cases
All packages installed in the root of C:\
After changing each environment variable, update command-prompt window (i.e. relaunch)
- Install Python 2.7.3
- Update environment PATH, appending: ";C:\Python27\"
- Update environment PYTHONHOME, set to: "C:\Python27\"
- Install QT 4.8.3: Licensed version
- Install SIP 4.14: cd \sip*, python configure.py, nmake, nmake install
- Install PyQt 4.9.5: cd \pyqt*, python configure.py, nmake, nmake install
- Install QScintilla2 2.6.2: cd \QSci*\Qt4Qt5, qmake qscintilla.pro, nmake
- Install Designer: cd \QSCi*\designer-Qt4, qmake designer.pro, nmake, nmake install
- Install Python Wrapper: cd \QSci*\Python, python configure.py, nmake, nmake install
- Update environment QTDIR, set to: "\QtSDK\Desktop\Qt\4.8.1\msvc2010"
- Copy DLL: copy %QTDIR%\lib\qscintilla2.dll %QTDIR%\bin
- Install Eric4 4.5.5: cd \Eric4*, python install.py
I hope this is helpful.