Viktor Ransmayr schrieb am Freitag, 12. März 2021 um 22:09:20 UTC+1: > Am Fr., 12. März 2021 um 19:19 Uhr schrieb [email protected] < > [email protected]>: > >> I just installed a Debian VM. After installing Leo with pip I got >> exactly the same error message as you. I don't know what to do with it, >> though. >> >> On Friday, March 12, 2021 at 12:29:34 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> [email protected] schrieb am Freitag, 12. März 2021 um 15:44:31 UTC+1: >>> >>>> I can't help directly with Debian, but Leo works fine on my VMs running >>>> both Mint and Ubuntu, which are both Debian-based. I would have thought >>>> that they use Debian packages directly, but maybe that's not so. >>>> >>>> ... >>> >>> >>>> >>>> The *PyQt5-Qt5* package that is listed in your list output is >>>> something I have not seen before. >>>> >>>> From the error message you got, >>>> >>>> This application failed to start because no Qt platform plugin could be >>>> initialized. >>>> >>>> I wonder if you are running one window manager but the installer >>>> package gave you the setup for a different window manager. If so, maybe >>>> you can temporarily switch window managers and see if that works. >>>> >>> >>> I've not changed / switched the windows manager used in the Debian 10 VM >>> at all! >>> >>> But you are obviously correct, that the doubly 'PyQt5' as well as >>> 'PyQtWebEngine' packages are very strange. >>> >>> I'll continue work on it later in the day - and - get back as soon as >>> I've an explanation - or - at least some news ... >>> >> > I have some news - but - no explanation ;-) > > I tried to install Leo from PyPI via Pip - into the same PyVE - starting > from version 6.0 - and - all of them (i.e. also the latest stable version > 6.3) install - and - WORK properly !!! > > AFAIKT this problem only occurs, if you try to install Leo from scratch > w/o having any existing 'package dependency history' ... >
These are the PyQt related packages which (for whatever reason) work: PyQt5 5.12.3 PyQt5-Qt5 5.15.2 PyQt5-sip 12.8.1 PyQtWebEngine 5.12.1 PyQtWebEngine-Qt5 5.15.2 As I said: I have news - but - no real explanation yet ... With kind regards, Viktor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/34a5093e-e5b3-458b-9f5c-3e034d0a7483n%40googlegroups.com.
