Hi, if both Qt variants are present, eric prefers Qt5. Unfortunately the version is too old on Mint 17.1. You can force the install script to use PyQt4/Qt4 by using the commandline parameter '-- pyqt=4' (i.e. python3 install.py --pyqt4=4).
Regards, Detlev On Sunday 04 January 2015, 21:27:55 Tony Arnold wrote: > When installing eric6 on my Linux Mint 17.1 systems, it complains it > needs Qt 4.8.0 or better, or Qt 5.3.0 or better. I have Qt 4.8.5 and Qt > 5.2.1. > > Qt 5.3 is not in the Mint repositories yet and is unlikely to be for > some time as it is based on Ubuntu 14.04 and will be for the next year > or so. > > I've tried Qt 5.4 using the on-line installer from the Qt web site > (www.qt.io), but this installs into $HOME/qt if installed without sudo > and into /opt/qt if installed as root. Not sure either of these > locations will be discovered by the eric6 install script. > > So, how best to install Qt 5.3.0 (or better) in a way that ensures the > eric6 install script will find it? Or is there a debian style repository > somewhere with qt5 available? > > Regards, > Tony.-- *Detlev Offenbach* det...@die-offenbachs.de
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