[PyKDE] PyQt installation problem

[Phil Thompson]

On Monday 30 December 2002 5:07 pm, Oded Arbel wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Dec 2002, Phil Thompson wrote:
> > On Monday 30 December 2002 12:32 pm, Oded Arbel wrote:
> > > > > I got this :
> > > > > -- snip --
> > > > >
> > > > > >>> import qt
> > > > >
> > > > > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > > > >   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> > > > >   File "/usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/qt.py", line 39, in ?
> > > > >     import libqtc
> > > > > ImportError: /usr/lib/python2.2/site-packages/libqtcmodule.so:
> > > > > undefined symbol: _ZNK16QAssistantClient9classNameEv
> > > > > -- snip --
> > > >
> > > > When Qt was built you ran "make install" instead of leaving it in the
> > > > directory it was built. This breaks the QAssistantClient library.
> > >
> > > I'm using Mandrake 9 with the qt 3.1 from RPMs (binary installed - I
> > > should have mentioned it earlier).
>
> Thanks for all the help, a clarfication question if you please -
>
> Looking at the Qt RPM specs, I see that Mandrake are doing things with a
> "qt assistant" and I have an "assistant" executable installed which when
> executed opens the Qt Assistant windows. also installed is a
> 'libqassistantclient.a' in the Qt3 library directory. isn't this the
> required library ?

Yes - but the implication is that it has been stripped of its symbols and so 
is unusable.

Phil