[PyKDE] PyQT install fails

[Rick Graves]

Hello,

I am trying to install eric3 on a CentOS-3 system. 
CentOS-3 is like RedHat's RHEL 3.  I cannot install it
because the PyQt install fails. 

I did a fresh CentOS-3 "developement" install to
start.

The eric3 README lists the steps 1) through 5):

1. Install Qt

It was already installed -- part of a "development"
RedHat installation.  rpm -qa reports qt-3.1.2-13.4.

2. Build and install QScintilla

>From the README
>To configure QScintilla, edit the file
"qscintilla.pro" in the "qt" directory.

I did not edit the file, because I do not understand
any of the options.  But QScintilla built and
installed without any error messages.

3. Build and install sip

It was already installed -- part of a "development"
RedHat installation.  rpm -qa reports sip-3.6-1.

4. Build and install PyQt (watch for a message
telling, that it is including the qtext module)

The PyQt README says to first run python configure.py.
 I get this:

[root at Bill PyQt-x11-gpl-3.13]# python configure.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "configure.py", line 31, in ?
    import sipconfig
ImportError: No module named sipconfig

The locate db is up to date, and there is no sipconfig
anywhere in the file system.

5. Install eric3

Not there yet.

I would appreciate your thoughts on what I should try
next. 

Thanks,

Rick Graves