[PyQt] Linking Qt statically into a project using embedded Python and Sip/PyQt

[Giovanni Bajo]

On 2/4/2009 4:42 PM, Ulrich Berning wrote:
> George Goussard wrote:
> 
>> Hello.
>>
>> My project that I am currently working on is a cross-platform C++ 
>> project. On Linux 32-bit/64-bit I have the constraint that I MUST link 
>> Qt (4.3.3) in statically with the project. This is a given and cannot 
>> be compromised. I have successfully embedded Python into our 
>> application and with this facility I can run external Python *.py 
>> files. With the help of Sip/PyQt used in these *.py files I can route 
>> the output to a nice window inside my Qt application etc. etc. 
>> But,....the problem is that it only works if I link Qt in dynamically 
>> to my application.
>>
>> The reason(I think – when I link dynamically to Qt) is because my 
>> application loads the Qt *.so file dynamically when I startup the 
>> application. Then when the application runs an external *.py file and 
>> it has the line “from PyQt import QtCore” then I suppose that it sees 
>> the *.so is already loaded and uses it. Now my question: How can I 
>> either get the Python mechanism or Sip/PyQt to rather use the 
>> statically linked in Qt with my project?
>>
>> Currently, if I link Qt statically into my application and run the 
>> *.py files I get some strange Qt message on the command line and then 
>> it crashes.
>>
>> George.
>>
> The only way to do this, is to have everything statically linked:
> - Build a static Python library
> - Build a static SIP library
> - Build static PyQt libraries
> 
> Use PyImport_ExtendInittab() to declare the module initialization 
> functions for SIP and all PyQt modules you need in your application. 
> This must be done before you initialize the python interpreter with 
> Py_Initialize().

It should also work if you recompile a single dynamic library 
(python.so) with PyQt and SIP included within as builting modules.
-- 
Giovanni Bajo
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