Add native Apple Silicon support by upgrading qt5 to qt6

[axu2]

• Fixes Kindle Comic Converter - Native Apple Silicon darodi/kcc#4

I upgraded to pyside6 which has native Apple Silicon support. (aka a vanilla pip install pyside6 works).

My process was:

1. Install PySide6 and run
   gen_ui_files.sh
2. python kcc.py
3. Fix the error with a change all occurences replacement.
4. Repeat

Porting to PySide6 is actually easier than PyQT6 since PyQT6 dropped pyrcc. PySide6 is also the official library now.

Note that KCC_rcc.py, KCC_ui.py, KCC_ui_editor.py, were autogenerated by pyside6-uic and pyside6-rcc

KCC_gui.py was manually edited.

This has been the base for testing all my other PRs on Mac, extensively tested.

[darodi]

The main problem here is that the apple silicon is not supported via github actions.
So it's not included in our automatic build/release process.

pyqt5 is available and works during build.
see: darodi#4

https://github.com/celogeek/go-comic-converter might be a better solution, it can compile on every platform

but I admit that migrating to pyqt6 (or even another GUI?) will be needed in the end.

[darodi]

Note for later,
if the dependency changes from pyqt5 to pyqt6, also adapt all github actions/builds and docker files

[darodi]

beta release here
https://github.com/darodi/kcc/releases/tag/v5.7.0b1

Windows is ok
I'm trying appImage now and docker
No apple to test dmg. Can you try @axu2 ?

[darodi]

appImage is broken

(user@linux kcc-appImage)$ ./kindleComicConverter-latest-x86_64.AppImage 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "kcc.py", line 74, in <module>
  File "kindlecomicconverter/startup.py", line 29, in start
  File "PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py", line 385, in exec_module
  File "kindlecomicconverter/KCC_gui.py", line 30, in <module>
ImportError: libQt6Widgets.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[13995] Failed to execute script 'kcc' due to unhandled exception!

[axu2]

Works fine on Apple.

Surprisingly, the UI is now a lot smoother with pyside6 via Rosetta, the pyqt5 was a little sluggish when running through Rosetta.

I don't have any Linux to test.

[darodi]

Docker image is fine on platform=linux/amd64

user@wsl:/mnt/c/Users/rodi_/workspace/mangas/testmanga$ docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/app" ghcr.io/darodi/kcc:5.7.0b1 -p KPW5 ./test
comic2ebook v5.7.0b1 - Written by Ciro Mattia Gonano and Pawel Jastrzebski.
Working on ./test...
Preparing source images...
Checking images...
Processing images...
Creating EPUB file...
Creating MOBI files...

and mobi output can be read

[darodi]

so just the appImage to fix. I'll have a look.

[darodi]

docker is broken on platform=linux/arm/v7

user@amrv7 docker # docker run --rm -v "$(pwd):/app" ghcr.io/darodi/kcc:5.7.0b1 -p KPW5 ./test
ERROR: psutil 5.0.0+, python-slugify 1.2.1+, Pillow 5.2.0+ is not installed!

[axu2]

I did bump the psutil version due to security but maybe I bumped it too high?

[darodi]

I'll have a look and update the Docker image next week

[axu2]

@darodi

• https://github.blog/2023-10-02-introducing-the-new-apple-silicon-powered-m1-macos-larger-runner-for-github-actions/

M1 runners out! I'll figure it out and test.

Edit: not free yet

• [macOS] Apple Silicon (M1) powered macOS runners are now available in public beta! actions/runner-images#8439 (comment)

[darodi]

@axu2

I've been able to make the appImage work with pyqt6 and python 3.12
However, kindlegen is not found, even if present in the same directory.

[axu2]

@darodi

On posix isn't it supposed to be in '/usr/local/bin'?

'kcc.py' modifies PATH for 7z/kindlegen on win/mac

[darodi]

same problem with version 5.6.2 in fact
/usr/local/bin is a read only file system on the steam deck
I'll try with another machine

[kgantchev]

@axu2

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