PyQt5 does not work from pip
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Current evaluation
Untriaged report that pip-installed PyQt5 fails in a snap ("Could not load the Qt platform plugin xcb"); reporter wants pip PyQt5 supported instead of the stage package. No recipe, versions, or maintainer response.
Suggested action: needs triage
Reason: The issue has no labels, no assignee, and zero comments in ~6.8 years, and the body contains only the Qt error text plus a feature wish ("It would be nice if I can use the pip package") — no snapcraft.yaml, snapcraft/core version, ldd output, or plugin diagnostics, so the root cause (missing xcb/libxkbcommon-x11 stage packages vs. Qt library version conflict, cf. snapcraft#1764100) is undetermined. Snapcraft has no PyQt5-specific handling in its source (no matches for PyQt5 or the plugin error string; only QT_PLUGIN_PATH in the kde-neon desktop extensions), so whether this is a tool gap or a user packaging/usage matter is undecided, making it a maintainer-triage item rather than an actionable bug. Age alone is not a reason to close it.
Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot
Issue body
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
3
Complexity:
65
Confidence:
57
Actionability:
25
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needs triage | Untriaged report that pip-installed PyQt5 fails in a snap ("Could not load the Qt platform plugin xcb"); reporter wants pip PyQt5 supported instead of the stage package. No recipe, versions, or maintainer response. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
45
Quick Win:
6
Complexity:
65
Confidence:
84
Actionability:
40
|
needs triage | Untriaged report that pip-installed PyQt5 fails in a snap because the xcb platform plugin cannot initialize; no recipe, versions, diagnostics, or maintainer response. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha |
Impact:
55
Quick Win:
4
Complexity:
85
Confidence:
84
Actionability:
45
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needs triage | PyQt5 installed via pip fails to load Qt's xcb platform plugin in a Snap. Using Snapcraft's PyQt5 stage package works as a workaround, but pip support remains untriaged. | |
| qwen/qwen3.8-27b |
Impact:
30
Quick Win:
14
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
55
Confidence:
55
Support Request:
35
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needs triage | PyQt5 from pip fails in snaps with xcb plugin load error; reporter notes the PyQt5 stage package works. No maintainer response, no labels, 0 comments, 2426 days old. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
90
Support Request:
85
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close stale | PyQt5 installed via pip fails to run in Snap environments due to Qt platform plugin initialization errors. Unlabelled, no maintainer response, inactive for over six years. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b |
Staleness:
95
Complexity:
45
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
75
|
close stale | PyQt5 installed via pip fails to run in Snap packages due to missing Qt platform plugin xcb. No maintainer response or labels after over six years. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 |
Staleness:
98
Complexity:
30
Confidence:
85
Support Request:
20
|
close stale | PyQt5 installed via pip fails to load the xcb platform plugin in Snap environments. Open for over six years with no maintainer response or labels. |
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Related work
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Related To:
snapcraft (launchpad)#1764100
(confidence 70%)
Semantic search surfaced an open Launchpad bug 'pyqt5 cannot load xcb plugin' where libQt5XcbQpa.so.5 has an undefined QPlatformTheme::fileIconPixmap symbol — the same user-facing failure mode, and it is also untriaged (no labels, no maintainer comments)
Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1764100 pyqt5 cannot load xcb plugin | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | PyQt5 snap aborts because libQt5XcbQpa.so.5 has an undefined QPlatformTheme::fileIconPixmap symbol; the report has no labels or maintainer comments. |