[PyKDE] Installing pyqt4 on a debian testing (etch) sytem

[Phil Thompson]

On Wednesday 07 June 2006 2:37 am, Richard Smith wrote:
> I'm trying to install the beta on my debian system but I get this.  Do
> I have to be root? The README says I shouldn't need that until make
> install.
>
> =======
>
> rsmith at backup:~/src/PyQt4-gpl-4.0beta1$ python configure.py -q
> /usr/bin/qmake-qt4
> Determining the layout of your Qt installation...
> An internal error occured.  Please report all the output from the program,
> including the following traceback, to support at riverbankcomputing.co.uk.
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "configure.py", line 1078, in ?
>     main(sys.argv)
>   File "configure.py", line 1028, in main
>     get_qt_directories()
>   File "configure.py", line 869, in get_qt_directories
>     f = open(pro_file, "w")
> IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: 'qtdirs.pro'
> rsmith at backup:~/src/PyQt4-gpl-4.0beta1$

You don't need to be root, but you do need write permission in the source 
directory. Did you unpack the source as root?

Phil