# PyQt5.sip Module Not Found Error on Jetson Nano Despite Following Recommended Steps

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**Category:** Jetson Orin Nano\
**Tags:** jetson\
**Created:** [February 25, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pyqt5-sip-module-not-found-error-on-jetson-nano-despite-following-recommended-steps/325032 "2025-02-25T10:36:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pyqt5-sip-module-not-found-error-on-jetson-nano-despite-following-recommended-steps/325032/1 "2025-02-25T10:36:37Z")

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Hello, I’ve carefully followed all the instructions provided in [this NVIDIA forum thread](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/how-to-install-pyqt5-jetson-nano/260936/2) to install PyQt5 on my Jetson Orin Nano.

The code which I used to test the installation is

```auto
import sys
from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel

app = QApplication(sys.argv)
label = QLabel("Hello, PyQt5!")
label.show()
sys.exit(app.exec_())

```

Despite completing every step as directed, I still encounter the error:

```auto
(l1) esl@ubuntu:~/Desktop/Project_L1$ python test.py 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/esl/Desktop/Project_L1/test.py", line 2, in <module>
    from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QApplication, QLabel
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'PyQt5.sip' 

```

It seems that even though SIP (version 4.19.25) is installed in my virtual environment, PyQt5 cannot locate the SIP bindings under its expected namespace. I tried the suggested workaround of creating a symlink, but that did not resolve the issue. Any insights or further suggestions on how to get the SIP module recognized by PyQt5 would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![DaneLLL](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/nvidia/user_avatar/forums.developer.nvidia.com/danelll/32/14043_2.png) [@DaneLLL](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/u/DaneLLL)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2025, 2:03am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pyqt5-sip-module-not-found-error-on-jetson-nano-despite-following-recommended-steps/325032/3 "2025-02-26T02:03:21Z")

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Hi  
There are some related topics:  
[PySide2 (Qt for python) installation on Jetson Xavier - #5 by Muscle\_Oliver](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pyside2-qt-for-python-installation-on-jetson-xavier/160796/5)  
[QT6 on Jetson Orin Nano from Source - #3 by DaneLLL](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/285242/3)  
[Installing QT6 and PySide6 on Jetson Orin Nano](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/274699)

Please take a look and give it a try.

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**Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.developer.nvidia.com/t/pyqt5-sip-module-not-found-error-on-jetson-nano-despite-following-recommended-steps/325032/5 "2025-03-26T02:10:35Z")

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