PyQt6 error: metadata-generation-failed on Ubuntu

[Astrocyy]

Dear Trifon,

I am installing the latest version of exostriker on Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS. Before the installation of ES, I first installed the latest version of Anaconda_liunx successfully and the version of Python is 3.12. Then I started to "pip install exostriker", however, these errors about PyQt6 keep showing up, so the installation failed.

Collecting formlayout==1.2.0 (from exostriker==0.90.1)
Using cached formlayout-1.2.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl.metadata (2.1 kB)
Collecting PyQt6 (from exostriker==0.90.1)
Using cached PyQt6-6.7.1.tar.gz (1.1 MB)
Installing build dependencies ... done
Getting requirements to build wheel ... done
Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) ... error
error: subprocess-exited-with-error

× Preparing metadata (pyproject.toml) did not run successfully.
│ exit code: 1
╰─> [20 lines of output]
Querying qmake about your Qt installation...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/yingyicao/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 353, in
main()
File "/home/yingyicao/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 335, in main
json_out['return_val'] = hook(**hook_input['kwargs'])
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/home/yingyicao/anaconda3/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pip/_vendor/pyproject_hooks/_in_process/_in_process.py", line 152, in prepare_metadata_for_build_wheel
whl_basename = backend.build_wheel(metadata_directory, config_settings)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-85nraraq/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sipbuild/api.py", line 28, in build_wheel
project = AbstractProject.bootstrap('wheel',
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-85nraraq/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sipbuild/abstract_project.py", line 74, in bootstrap
project.setup(pyproject, tool, tool_description)
File "/tmp/pip-build-env-85nraraq/overlay/lib/python3.12/site-packages/sipbuild/project.py", line 624, in setup
self.update(tool)
File "/tmp/pip-install-dzsri4qk/pyqt6_8678b55506ab484da8c59eb853dd44a2/project.py", line 163, in update
raise UserException(
sipbuild.exceptions.UserException
[end of output]

note: This error originates from a subprocess, and is likely not a problem with pip.
error: metadata-generation-failed

× Encountered error while generating package metadata.
╰─> See above for output.

note: This is an issue with the package mentioned above, not pip.
hint: See above for details.

I also tried Python 3.10 and 3.11(all based on Anaconda), these errors still exist. I wonder if it is the problem of Anaconda...
I would greatly appreciate your assistance in answering this question.
Thanks!

[3fon3fonov]

The problem is always in anaconda.

Try:

$python3.12 -m pip install PyQt6

and report if you manage to install it.