[PyQt] PyQt 4.7.4 compilation problems on Ubuntu 10.04

[Phil Thompson]

On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 23:11:23 +0100, Nick Efford <nick.efford at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anyone on the list had success compiling PyQt 4.7.4 for Python 3.1
> on the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 10.04?
> 
> Configuration (using SIP 4.10.5) seems to have worked OK, but the
> 'make' phase fails when attempting to build QtHelp.so, with the
> following error message:
> 
> /usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lXext
> 
> The compiler command clearly includes a -L/usr/lib option, and
> /usr/lib does contain a libXext.so library, so I can't understand the
> reason for the linker error.
> 
> Any suggestions gratefully received!

Install the libxext-dev package.

Phil