diff -r 9c1f429cb56b -r b47dfa7a137d src/eric7/SystemUtilities/PySideImporter.py
--- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/src/eric7/SystemUtilities/PySideImporter.py Sun Dec 18 19:33:46 2022 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2011 - 2022 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Module to check for the presence of PySide2/PySide6 by importing it.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+ pySideVariant = "2"
+ if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+ pySideVariant = sys.argv[1].replace("--variant=", "")
+
+ if pySideVariant == "1":
+ # no PySide support anymore
+ ret = 1
+
+ elif pySideVariant == "2":
+ try:
+ import PySide2 # __IGNORE_EXCEPTION__ __IGNORE_WARNING__
+
+ ret = 0
+ except ImportError:
+ ret = 1
+
+ elif pySideVariant == "6":
+ try:
+ import PySide6 # __IGNORE_EXCEPTION__ __IGNORE_WARNING__
+
+ ret = 0
+ except ImportError:
+ ret = 1
+
+ else:
+ ret = 1
+
+ sys.exit(ret)
