1 files changed, 38 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/qt.scm b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
index ae951aad5f..4a8fb6c66d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/qt.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/qt.scm
@@ -1015,13 +1015,19 @@ module provides support functions to the automatically generated code.")
                         "."))
                     (lib (string-append out "/lib/python"
                                         python-major+minor
-                                        "/site-packages")))
+                                        "/site-packages"))
+                    (stubs (string-append lib "/PyQt5")))
                (zero? (system* "python" "configure.py"
                                "--confirm-license"
                                "--bindir" bin
                                "--destdir" lib
                                "--designer-plugindir" designer
                                "--qml-plugindir" qml
+                               ; Where to install the PEP 484 Type Hints stub
+                               ; files. Without this the stubs are tried to be
+                               ; installed into the python package's
+                               ; site-package directory, which is read-only.
+                               "--stubsdir" stubs
                                "--sipdir" sip))))))))
     (home-page "https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro")
     (synopsis "Python bindings for Qt")
@@ -1054,6 +1060,36 @@ contain over 620 classes.")
          (base32
           "056qmkv02wdcfblqdaxiswrgn4wa88sz22i1x58dpb1iniavplfd"))
        (patches (search-patches "pyqt-configure.patch"))))
+    (arguments
+     `(#:modules ((srfi srfi-1)
+                  ,@%gnu-build-system-modules)
+       #:phases
+       (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (replace 'configure
+           (lambda* (#:key inputs outputs #:allow-other-keys)
+             (let* ((out (assoc-ref outputs "out"))
+                    (bin (string-append out "/bin"))
+                    (sip (string-append out "/share/sip"))
+                    (plugins (string-append out "/plugins"))
+                    (designer (string-append plugins "/designer"))
+                    (qml (string-append plugins "/PyQt5"))
+                    (python (assoc-ref inputs "python"))
+                    (python-version
+                      (last (string-split python #\-)))
+                    (python-major+minor
+                      (string-join
+                        (take (string-split python-version #\.) 2)
+                        "."))
+                    (lib (string-append out "/lib/python"
+                                        python-major+minor
+                                        "/site-packages")))
+               (zero? (system* "python" "configure.py"
+                               "--confirm-license"
+                               "--bindir" bin
+                               "--destdir" lib
+                               "--designer-plugindir" designer
+                               "--qml-plugindir" qml
+                               "--sipdir" sip))))))))
     (native-inputs
      `(("python-sip" ,python-sip)
        ("qt" ,qt)))))
@@ -1115,7 +1151,7 @@ contain over 620 classes.")
 
 (define-public python2-pyqt-4
   (package (inherit python-pyqt-4)
-           (name "python2-pyqt-4")
+           (name "python2-pyqt")
            (native-inputs
             `(("python-sip" ,python2-sip)
               ("qt" ,qt-4)))