[PyQt] PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4, Install fails on Ubuntu 9.0.4

[Phil Thompson]

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 11:41:41 -0700, Rick Hightower
<richardhightower at gmail.com> wrote:
> PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4, Install fails on Ubuntu 9.0.4. I am getting compile
> errors in qpycore_chimera.cpp.
> 
> 
> PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4$ make
> make[1]: Entering directory `/home/csmadmin/tools/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4/qpy'
> make[2]: Entering directory
> `/home/csmadmin/tools/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4/qpy/QtCore'
> g++ -c -pipe -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -fPIC -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT
> -DQT_NO_DEBUG -DQT_GUI_LIB -DQT_CORE_LIB -DQT_SHARED
> -I../../../../qtsdk-2009.03/qt/mkspecs/linux-g++ -I.
> -I../../../../qtsdk-2009.03/qt/include/QtCore
> -I../../../../qtsdk-2009.03/qt/include/QtGui
> -I../../../../qtsdk-2009.03/qt/include -I/usr/include/python2.6
> -I../../QtCore -I. -o qpycore_chimera.o qpycore_chimera.cpp
> qpycore_chimera.cpp: In member function ‘void (*
> Chimera::get_assign_helper() const)(void*, const void*)’:
> qpycore_chimera.cpp:718: error: ‘struct _pyqt4ClassTypeDef’ has no
> member
> named ‘qt4_assign_func’
> qpycore_chimera.cpp:726: error: ‘pyqt4MappedTypeDef’ was not declared
> in
> this scope
> qpycore_chimera.cpp:726: error: expected primary-expression before
‘)’
> token
> qpycore_chimera.cpp:726: error: expected `)' before ‘_type’
> make[2]: *** [qpycore_chimera.o] Error 1
> make[2]: Leaving directory
> `/home/csmadmin/tools/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4/qpy/QtCore'
> make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/csmadmin/tools/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4/qpy'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> 
> Background:
> 
> First me: not new to Python, but am new to QT and PyQT (did some PyGTK)
> OS: Linux
> Distribution:  Ubuntu 9.0.4
> Python Version: 2.6
> 
> I am trying to download PyQT and go through some tutorials in hopes of
> using
> PyQT as our GUI API of choice in the near future.
> 
> I downloaded PyQT (PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4), which needed SIP. I downloaded
and
> installed SIP (sip-4.9-snapshot-20090914, successfully).
> 
> I then found that I needed the QT SDK, so I downloaded and installed it
as
> well (qtsdk-2009.03).
> 
> I put it on the path:  export
> PATH=${PATH}:/home/csmadmin/qtsdk-2009.03/qt/bin.
> 
> I then ran python configure.py in the PyQt-x11-gpl-4.5.4 dir.
> 
> I then ran make, when I got the above error message.
> 
> My guess is that I have the wrong version of SIP. I just grabbed the
> latest.

In which case you need to use the latest PyQt.

Phil