How to install PyQt 6 Designer in Ubuntu 24.10

Question

How to install PyQt6 on 24.10?

Something broke when I upgraded from 24.04 to 24.10. The PyQt6 designer program was still in /usr/bin, but some dependency must have broken and it wouldn't run.

Answer 1

After many searches and many failures I found this:

sudo apt install qt6-base-dev
sudo apt install qt6-tools-dev

This got me a working designer. Then if you create ~/.local/share/application/desginer.desktop with this contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=Qt Designer 6
Comment=Qt Designer 6
Exec=/usr/lib/qt6/bin/designer
Icon=/home/larry/.local/share/applications/qt_designer.ico
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application;

then:

chmod 755 designer.desktop

Now it will appear with your other applicatiions