I abandoned MacPorts and manually installed SIP and PyQt. There gets to be
a bit of confusion with the system python on OSXand whatever macports
installs. I used the enthought python distribution for osx as a starting
point, then:

1. install QT using the source tar ball
here<http://qt.nokia.com/downloads/qt-for-open-source-cpp-development-on-mac-os-x>
2. install SIP from Riverbank
here<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/intro>
3. install PyQt from RIverbank
here<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/pyqt/download>

Theres a bit more rambling about this on my blog
here<http://www.locuscor.net/wordpress/?p=116>
.

I fully agree that spyder on OSX needs help. Such a great tool, though.
Thanks Carlos, Pierre etc.

Good luck!


On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Carlos Córdoba <[email protected]>wrote:

>  You can try to install PyQt using homebrew. I did it some time ago and it
> went pretty well. Spyder on OS X is really a second class citizen. We'll
> try to improve the situation during the summer or perhaps at the end of the
> year.
>
> Cheers,
> Carlos
>
> El 15/05/12 10:12, zachcp escribió:
>
> I am having the same problem. Did you ever figure out how to get Spyder
> working?
>
>
>  thanks,
> zach cp
>
>
>
> On Thursday, October 6, 2011 4:56:31 PM UTC-4, PeterT wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm using the development version and have installed all of the
>> dependencies. When I attempt to run spyder:
>>
>> $ spyder
>>
>> i get the following:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/local/bin/spyder", line 2, in <module>
>>     from spyderlib import spyder
>>   File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-**packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line
>> 30, in <module>
>>     from spyderlib import qt #analysis:ignore
>>   File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-**packages/spyderlib/qt/__init__**.py",
>> line 38, in <module>
>>     raise ImportError("Spyder requires PySide or PyQt to be installed")
>> ImportError: Spyder requires PySide or PyQt to be installed
>> viking:~ petert$ sudo spyder
>> Password:
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "/usr/local/bin/spyder", line 2, in <module>
>>     from spyderlib import spyder
>>   File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-**packages/spyderlib/spyder.py", line
>> 30, in <module>
>>     from spyderlib import qt #analysis:ignore
>>   File "/Library/Python/2.6/site-**packages/spyderlib/qt/__init__**.py",
>> line 38, in <module>
>>     raise ImportError("Spyder requires PySide or PyQt to be installed")
>> ImportError: Spyder requires PySide or PyQt to be installed
>>
>> I have tried installing both PySide and PyQt from MacPorts and
>> downloading/installing the binaries directly to no avail.
>>
>> Can anyone suggest a solution?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Peter
>>
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