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I am attempting to us a script I found on GitHub called pyqt4topyqt5.py: https://github.com/rferrazz/pyqt4topyqt5

The README says:

pyqt4topyqt5

pyqt4 -> pyqt5
Usage

usage: pyqt4topyqt5.py [-h] [--nosubdir] [--followlinks] [-o O]
[--diff [DIFF]] [--diffs] [--nolog] [--nopyqt5]
path

Basic example: porting the content of pyqt4app to pyqt5 in the directory pyqt5app:

pyqt4topyqt5.py pyqt4app -o pyqt5app

So I downloaded and unzipped the file and I figured all I would need to do is bring my pyqt4 script into the folder, open up a terminal and type pyqt4topyqt5 myscript -o myscript_qt5, that did not work:

Error:
pyqt4topyqt5: command not found

So I tried a few other things:
$ pyqt4topyqt5 myscript -o pyqt5app
$ pyqt4topyqt5 myscript.py -o newscript.py
$ pyqt4topyqt5 myscript
$ pyqt4topyqt5 myscript -o newscript

All yielding the same result as before.

I tried opening pyqt4topyqt5 in my IDE and running it and the error is:

Error:
usage: pyqt4topyqt5.py [-h] [--nosubdir] [--followlinks] [-o O]
                       [--diff [DIFF]] [--diffs] [--nolog] [--nopyqt5]
                       path
pyqt4topyqt5.py: error: the following arguments are required: path

Which makes sense, the script needs to know where my pyqt4 script is located. This is why originally I thought just bringing the script directly into the pyqt4topyqt5-master folder (the folder created after unzipping the file) would work.

So now I am left wondering how I am supposed to use this script. I am pretty green when it comes to Linux. Anyone have any idea how to use this script or rather, what I am doing wrong?

You must start pyqt4topyqt5.py from the folder where it is stored.

for example in Linux:(please adjust paths)

Quote:cd /folder_where_pyqt4topyqt5_is_stored/
./pyqt4topyqt5.py /folder/Qt4file.py -o /folder/Qt5file.py