[Eric] Problem with Qt path on Mac OS X

Detlev Offenbach detlev at die-offenbachs.de
Fri Jul 6 17:53:45 BST 2007


On Montag, 2. Juli 2007, Curtis Faith wrote:
> I have just successfully installed Eric 4 and can run Qt4 code
> successfully.
>
> I'm now trying to get the Qt tools integrated. Since the Mac stores
> the tools in funny places like /Developer/Applications/Qt/ I have
> created symbolic links and a directory structure at /usr/lib/qt/ to
> match the normal expectations.
>
> So I can open the designer via my bash shell like:
>
>     open /usr/lib/qt/bin/designer
>
> and it successfully opens so I know the symlink worked. But I can't
> seem to get Eric to notice it. I set the preferences for Qt for the
> Qt4 directory to be:
>
>      /usr/lib/qt/
>
> with no prefix or suffix and Eric still can't find it even after
> restarting Eric. My version of Eric does not have the search for
> Programs preferences item that is referenced here:
>
>      http://ericide.python-hosting.com/wiki/Doc/Tutorials/PyQt1
>
> so I don't really know what path Eric is ultimately looking for.

That is a separate entry in the preferences menu in eric4. Please note, that 
the wiki still covers eric3 (most stuff is still valid for eric4, but some is 
different).

> Permissions are set to allow world execute so that's not the problem.
> I have also checked the "Disable Qt3" box on the preferences for Qt
> inside Eric.
>
> Any ideas what might be wrong or how I might debug this problem?
>
> - Curtis
>
>
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