[PyQt] Issues Installing

[Phil Thompson]

On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:50:11 -0500, Corey Richardson <kb1pkl at aim.com>
wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 04:39 PM, Phil Thompson wrote:
>> On Wed, 12 Jan 2011 16:20:47 -0500, Corey Richardson <kb1pkl at aim.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I cannot use PyQt. I get the following error when trying to (among
other
>>> things), install eric or ninja-ide:
>>>
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>   File "install.py", line 836, in <module>
>>>     main(sys.argv)
>>>   File "install.py", line 749, in main
>>>     doDependancyChecks()
>>>   File "install.py", line 521, in doDependancyChecks
>>>     from PyQt4.QtCore import qVersion, PYQT_VERSION
>>> RuntimeError: the sip module implements API v8.0 to v8.1 but the
>>> PyQt4.QtCore module requires API v7.1
>>>
>>> I've tried back-grading to older versions of Qt4 and python-sip.
>>> I'm using the default packages that come with Linux Mint (originated
>>> from the Ubuntu repos), though I did compile from source at one point
>>> all the most recent versions of Qt4, PyQt, and sip. (PyQt failed to
>>> install, along with sip). I'm using Linux Mint, Python 2.6.6, and
>>> everything is up-to-date. Has anyone else had this issue, and how did
>>> they resolve it?
>> 
>> The version of PyQt you are using was compiled against an older version
>> of
>> SIP but you are trying to use it with a newer version.
>> 
>> Phil
> 
> Which version of SIP should I be using with PyQt 4.7.4 then?

PyQt's configure.py will tell you if you are trying to use a version
that's too old.

The problem isn't that a version is too old, it's that the versions used
to build and to run are too different.

Phil