# Install pyside with Homebrew, apt, dnf, pacman

Official Python bindings for Qt. Version 6.11.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-25.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:pyside
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install pyside
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install shiboken6
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: shiboken6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install shiboken6
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: shiboken6 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst

- pacman (92%):

```sh
sudo pacman -S shiboken6
```

  Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: shiboken6 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:pyside
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pyside>
- **Version:** 6.11.1
- **Source summary:** Official Python bindings for Qt
- **Homepage:** <https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python>
- **Repository:** <https://code.qt.io/pyside/pyside-setup>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://doc.qt.io/qtforpython-6>
- **License:** (GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0) AND (LGPL-3.0-only OR GPL-2.0-only OR GPL-3.0-only)
- **Source archive:** <https://download.qt.io/official_releases/QtForPython/pyside6/PySide6-6.11.1-src/pyside-setup-everywhere-src-6.11.1.tar.xz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-25T13:38:03+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- shiboken6 (cli)
- shiboken_tool.py (cli)
- shiboken6 (alias)
- shiboken_tool.py (alias)

## Dependencies

- llvm
- python@3.14
- qt3d
- qtbase
- qtcanvaspainter
- qtcharts
- qtconnectivity
- qtdatavis3d
- qtdeclarative
- qtgraphs
- qthttpserver
- qtlocation
- qtmultimedia
- qtnetworkauth
- qtpositioning
- qtquick3d
- qtremoteobjects
- qtscxml
- qtsensors
- qtserialbus
- qtserialport
- qtshadertools
- qtspeech
- qtsvg
- qttools
- qtwebchannel
- qtwebengine
- qtwebsockets
- qtwebview

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- ninja
- python-setuptools
- qtshadertools

## Uses from macOS

- libxml2
- libxslt

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 6.11.1
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-25
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python
- info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for pyside. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: pysidedeploy.spec
## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** pyside
- **Aliases:** pyside@6
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 1
- **Requirements:** xcode
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - shiboken6 - 6.8.2.1-4: installed executable or alias match | Debian stable package indexes: shiboken6 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | CPython bindings generator for C++ libraries | https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python
- dnf - shiboken6 - 6.11.1-4.fc45: installed executable or alias match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: shiboken6 from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Python / C++ bindings generator for PySide6 | https://wiki.qt.io/Qt_for_Python
- pacman - shiboken6 - 6.11.1-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: shiboken6 from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Generates bindings for C++ libraries using CPython source code | https://www.qt.io


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## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/pyside.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/pyside.yml)


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