[PyKDE] Compliling pyqt4

[Phil Thompson]

On Monday 15 January 2007 1:27 am, pykde at x11.cjb.net wrote:
> So I am back where I was last week, I think I really do need to install a
> newer version of pyqt4.
>
>
> After downloading the 4.1.1 package I tried:
>
> $ python configure.py
> Determining the layout of your Qt installation...
> Error: Failed to create ./qtdirs. Make sure you have a working Qt v4 qmake
> on your PATH or use the -q argument to explicitly specify a working Qt v4
> qmake.
>
>
> So then I looked for qmake:
>
> $ ls /usr/bin/ | grep qt4
> designer-qt4
> lrelease-qt4
> lupdate-qt4
> moc-qt4
> qmake-qt4
> uic-qt4
>
> So then I tried with the -q arguement:
>
> $ python configure.py - q /usr/bin/qmake-qt4
> Determining the layout of your Qt installation...
> Error: Failed to create ./qtdirs. Make sure you have a working Qt v4 qmake
> on your PATH or use the -q argument to explicitly specify a working Qt v4
> qmake.
>
> Is this not the right qmake, or should I be specifying it in a different
> way?
>
> I don't suppose there is some sort of binary package I could install on
> kubuntu dapper since Nov. 19, 2006.

Use the -w argument to see what error messages the compiler is generating.

Phil