[Eric] installing eric4 on Kubuntu 7.10

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On Dec 13, 2007 6:18 PM, Jake Beard <otakuj462 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm having trouble installing eric4 on Kubuntu 7.10.
> I thought I had installed all of the eric4 dependencies through apt, but it
> doesn't seem to be working when I go to install eric4. Specifically, I have
> installed the following:
>
>     *  Python 2.4.0 or better
> python2.5
>
>     * Qt 4.2.0 or better (from Trolltech)
> libqt4-core: 4.3.2-0ubuntu3.1
> libqt4-gui: 4.3.2-0ubuntu3.1
>
>     * PyQt 4.1.0 or better (from Riverbank)
> python-qt4: 4.3-2ubuntu7
> python-qt4-dbus: 4.3-2ubuntu7
>
>     * QScintilla 2.1 or better (from Riverbank)
> libqscintilla7: 1.7.1-1
>
>
> But when I run the eric4 python install, I get the following error:
> "
> Sorry, please install QScintilla2 and
> it's PyQt4 wrapper.
> "
>
> I also tried installing QScintilla2 from source, downloaded from the following
> loacation:
> http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/Downloads/QScintilla2/
>
> It installed successfully, but the error message persists.
>
> Is there some dependency I'm missing? I would greatly appreciate it if you
> would let me know what you think. Thanks.
>
> Jake
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Check the build instructions carefully for PyQt4 and QScintilla. There
is (kind of) a circular dependency there. And remember that QScintilla
has a separate additional build for Python bindings. Lastly, for
building Eric, it's best to get the latest snapshots for all of it's
dependencies.