[PyQt] Cannot 'configure' PyQt4.9 before build on Linuxmint

[Phil Thompson]

On Wed, 28 Dec 2011 15:18:05 +0100, Nico Dufort <ndufort at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Phil,
> 
> I did a test with xubuntu on a virtual machine, and I ran into the exact
> same error.  I can try on a non-ubuntu/non-debian based environment when
I
> have more time, but I would want to believe that someone else got this
> version to build.
> 
> 
> All my files were downloaded from their respective websites:
> 
> Python 2.6.7: http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.6.7/Python-2.6.7.tgz
> Sip 4.13.1:
>
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/sip4/sip-4.13.1.tar.gz
> Qt 4.8.0:
>
ftp://ftp.qt.nokia.com/qt/source/qt-everywhere-opensource-src-4.8.0.tar.gz
> PyQt 4.9:
>
http://www.riverbankcomputing.com/static/Downloads/PyQt4/PyQt-x11-gpl-4.9.tar.gz
> 
> Just for the sake of trying, I re-downloaded everything for both test
> environments, but that made no difference.  I do not think corruption is
an
> issue.  Any suggestion as to what might be worth trying next?
> I got a hold of an older build of PyQt that meets my needs and works
with
> Nuke, but I really would like to be able to build this one properly on
my
> own, for the sake of getting it to work. =)

Works fine for me under kubuntu. If this was a general problem I'd expect
somebody else to have mentioned it by now.

Phil