[Eric] Qthelp not found eric5

[Detlev Offenbach]

Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2012, 12:17:29 schrieb ken brockman:
> ________________________________
>  From: Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
> To: eric at riverbankcomputing.com; ken brockman <krush1954 at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 2:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Eric] Qthelp not found eric5
> 
> Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2012, 11:29:28 schrieb ken brockman:
> > ________________________________
> >
> >  From: Detlev Offenbach <detlev at die-offenbachs.de>
> >
> > To: eric at riverbankcomputing.com; ken brockman <krush1954 at yahoo.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:42 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Eric] Qthelp not found eric5
> > 
> > Am Mittwoch, 22. Februar 2012, 09:10:33 schrieb ken brockman:
> > > I have been trying unsuccessfully on and off for over two months to
> > > get
> > > eric5 installed on my Ubuntu 11.10 system. Each time I try to
> > > compile
> > > it, i get the same error msg, "Qthelp not found". I have python2.7
> > > and
> > > 3.2 and 3.2mu installed. When i install I have reference python,
> > > python3.2 and python3.2mu, all to no avail. Any help would be
> > > greatly
> > > appreciated. Tkinter is looking better by the day, though I would
> > > really love to use QT and eric5.
> > > 
> > > thanks in advance for any help you can supply.
> > > Ken
> > > PS I have Goggled this, found numerous people with the same issue,
> > > try
> > > various suggestions and still I am dead in the water.
> > 
> > You have to install the Qt4 Help system. Many distros have this in a
> > separate package that is not installed automatically. On Ubuntu this
> > package is called "libqt4-help".
> > 
> > Regards,
> > Detlev
> 
> Hello,
> 
> try this command in a Python3 shell.
> 
> import PyQt4.QtHelp
> 
> If you get an ImportError it means, that the QtHelp package is having an
> issue. That is not an eric5 fault. Make sure you have compatible versions of
> Qt4 and PyQt4 installed (best through the package manager of your distro.
> 
> Regards,
> Detlev

In your last email you said "But eric5 won't work or install with 2.7,...". 
That is correct because eric5 needs Python3 to be installed and executed. 
Please make sure you have sip, PyQt4 and QScintilla Python bindings done for 
Python3.

Regards,
Detlev
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Detlev Offenbach
detlev at die-offenbachs.de