pyrcc5 command not found
In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix pyrcc5 command not found error message
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
pyrcc5: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: pyrcc5: command not found
Solutions to pyrcc5: command not found
How To Fix pyrcc5: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu pyrcc5 is provided by pyqt5-dev-tools package.
pyqt5-dev-tools is:
This package contains various support tools for PyQt5 developers:
- a user interface compiler (pyuic5)
- a resource file generator (pyrcc5)
- a translation string finder (pylupdate5)
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install pyqt5-dev-tools
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install pyqt5-dev-tools.
sudo apt -y install pyqt5-dev-tools
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install pyqt5-dev-tools
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix pyrcc5 command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.