[PyQt] Unable to install on Mac Snow Leopard

[Darren Dale]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 2:58 AM, Antonio Valentino
<antonio.valentino at tiscali.it> wrote:
> Hi Darren,
>
> Il giorno Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:42:37 -0500
> Darren Dale <dsdale24 at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 8:25 PM, Kareem Yusuf <koyusuf at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > When I try to install PyQt, and run Make I get the following
>> > error ... In file included from
>> > /Library/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Headers/qmetatype.h:45,
>> >                  from
>> > /Library/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Headers/QMetaType:1,
>> >                  from sipAPIQtCore.h:40,
>> >                  from sipQtCorecmodule.cpp:34:
>> > /Library/Frameworks/QtCore.framework/Headers/qglobal.h:288:2:
>> > error: #error "You are building a 64-bit application, but using a
>> > 32-bit version of Qt. Check your build configuration."
>> > make[1]: *** [sipQtCorecmodule.o] Error 1
>> > make: *** [all] Error 2
>> >
>> > I had read some of the threads that suggested that some fixes had
>> > been placed into the latest dev snapshot, which I am using. However
>> > still getting the same problem.
>> > Please advise.
>>
>> I just installed everything this morning on snow leopard without any
>> problems. I installed the Qt release candidate binary, and then the
>> most recent stable releases of sip and pyqt from sources.
>
> in the last few days there was more than one thread discussing PyQt
> installation on Snow Leopard but I'm still unable to get it running.
>
> In my case the error happens at import time (I can't provide details
> since I'm not on my macbook right now).
>
> Please can you provide more details on installation procedure you used?
>
> Which version of Qt 4.6 RC did you used? Cocoa? 32 or 64 bits?
> In this case did you still use the -arch=i386 flag?

Release candidate 1, 64 bits cocoa. I did not use -arch=i386, as I am
using the system python which is 64 bit.