---
name: "pyrcc4"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pyqt4-dev-tools"
version: "4.12.1+dfsg-2+b1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pyrcc4"
---

# pyrcc4(1)

compile Qt resource files for PyQt4 applications

## NAME

pyrcc4 - compile Qt resource files for PyQt4 applications

## SYNOPSIS

**pyrcc4** \[*OPTIONS*\]... *FILES*

## DESCRIPTION

**pyrcc4** takes a Qt Resource File (.qrc) and converts it into a Python module which can be imported into a PyQt4 application. All files loaded by Qt that are prefixed with a colon will be loaded from the resources rather than the file system.

## OPTIONS

- **-help**

  Show a summary of the options.

- **-version**

  Display the version number of pyrcc4 of the version of Qt which PyQt4 was generated for.

- **-py2**

  Generate code for any Python v2.x version (default).

- **-py3**

  Generate code for any Python v3.x version.

- **-o** *FILE*

  Write the generated output to *FILE* instead of stdout.

- **-name** *FUN*

  Create an external initialization function named *FUN*.

- **-threshold** *LEVEL*

  Set the threshold above which files should be compressed.

- **-compress** *LEVEL*

  Set the compression level for all input files.

- **-root** *PATH*

  Search all resource referenced in a .qrc file under *PATH*.

- **-no-compress**

  Do not compress the resource files at all.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written for Debian GNU/Linux by and Torsten Marek \<shlomme@debian.org\>, but may freely be used by others.